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Originally Posted by bigboywooly
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Originally Posted by Torpex752
Not a complaint, just an observation.....I was detected by an armed TUG boat at 2800 meters! I was going slow in a type II at 2 knots...I have to admit I was suprised that every time I raised the scope the TUG had a zero angle on the bow indicating to me that it was homing straight in on me even while I was submerged.
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Just because he was heading in your direction doesnt mean you were detected
Could easily have been a normal waypoint change
Popping up your scope will lead you to get detected however
Armed tug or DD the crew still have eyes lol |
I stood watch as a contact coordinator on 2 classes of submarines, I can assure you that at 28 hunderd meters the only way to spot a WWII attack scope that was raised for 6 seconds is to be looking exactly where it is when its raised. The initial detection was by sonar, sorry that capability is highly questionable in my experience. I can assure that passively, that detection would be 97% impossible, especially with the surface duct working the way it would in a real ocean enviroment. I have seen modern passive sonar miss a surface ship that was 1000 yards away! I can almost guarantee that that capability is far above and beyond what was capable in 1940, even under good conditions. Not saying a fluke detection isnt possible, hell I'll tell ya I heard and seen some strange stuff out there, but the norm is not that good. Now if he was pinging me, I wouldnt be surprised at that capability, but I just doubt how well a TUG was equipped in 1940.
Call me a skeptic!
Frank