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Originally Posted by crazypete
Let me just say this: GWX is fantastic!! Totally new game. 
However.....
Even in 1939, by the time my 3 qualified lookouts, 1 blueman and 1 qualified lookout officer spot a ship on the surface, my sub icon is red.
Last night, I was alerted to the presence of a destroyer 5k out because shells were landing on my submarine.
Now I thought vanilla escorts were near blind and they needed a little vision help.....
..but this is overkill. Subs are small and low in the water. I should be able to see ships before they can see me. |
I agree, that is totally unrealistic. A U-boat at night, specially in winter time when the Atlantic nights were pitch dark, was more or less invisible until the radar was introduced. It could even move up and down inside convoys and they couldn't see it. The allies had to use searchlights and starshells when trying to locate it on the surface.