there are mines in stock SH3
but there are not many of them and they are usually only in shallow water and are not free floating type, they are anchored to the sea floor.
I hot one once just outside of the channel. went down all the way to the sea floor (i guess it was about 40 meters) and i had maxed out flooding in the bow quarters and bow torpedo compartment. she was resting on her bow on the sea floor with the stern sticking up at about a 60 degree angle.
damage control showed both compartments red and filled with water - of course i had already moved everyone out of those compartments so thankfully no casualties. i just blew all the ballast, and put a damage control team on it. after we sat in the water on the surface for a while with the stern sticking up in the air, the watch tower barely above water and the bow still a good 10 meters below the surface and no more compressed air it was mostly fixed and we went to flank speed to Wilhelmshaven.
we never got all the water out of those forward two compartments, i was surprised we got any out since they were filled with water. i would say they were about 1/4 full all the way back to port.
but there are mines and nets in stock SH3 there just arent very many of them
|