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Originally Posted by Seaman_Hornsby
Ahoy mates,
Night surface attacks are historically accurate, but it is not really possible to make attacks resembling those in the WW2 sub skipper's memoirs in SHIV as it is now. Why? Japanese warships can detect you with their air-search radar from long range.
See discussion here:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=112994
As best I can tell, a radar/visibility mod is needed to make realistic night surface attacks possible. |
Sure they can detect you. The IJN surface ships and subs had the capability of radar. Not as good as the US version. The Batfish sunk three IJN subs using his radar. The Batfish's radar could detect the IJN radar waves. This was how they found the track of the IJN sub. The Batfish radarman would only turn his radar on for a few seconds and turn it off to get the bearing. It was not left on because they were not sure if the IJN sub radar could detect the Batfish's radar. The radar does need some work.