[CaptainHaplo]

The devs were forced into some unfortunate mechanical settings that are ahistorical. For instance - the early war DC had a lethal radius of about 2-3 meters at depth - but the devs have been forced to make the radius zone minimum 8 meters - with a max of somewhere near 40 - meaning the average DC in game will have a lethal radius of median 24 meters (yes - 72+ feet!!)! This was necessary because between the various ranges of AI ability, incorrect DC sink rates, etc - there needed to be some level of effectiveness to AI attacks. Now I do not fault the devs - when your on a timeline things happen. Luckily - Modders have adapted the DC - as well as been able to tweak the AI to a point. There is talk that 1.3 will also work on escort AI - and if so that will also help tremendously. We will see - but in the meantime - the reduced DC mod or Die Slowly mod (among others) are out there to get things a little closer to history.