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the japanese never really had a functional equivalent of the british q system. the type 193 was the searchlight system they started the war with, and the type 3 was basically a copy of the german s-gerat active sonar.
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I was really citing the sensors as they appear in the game, with *some* historical context for perspective. Usualy when i talk tech, its about what *is*, and rarely about what acutally *was*. Now that said, i dont recall seeing the type3 sonar being used by any unit that i looked at, but it fit the "supernatural" bungo pete pretty well.
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would it be save to say that when you hear them pinging, it automatically means you're detected. Pinging is not searching but localising.
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This is kind of a trick answer. The AI doesn't ping without a reason. But pinging doesn neccessarly mean they know exactly where you are. So yah i guess "localising" is probably a good description. Where they acutally drop i think is a function of signal strength if the dev comments on thermal layers is any indicator. My guess is signal strength is a function of sonar sensitivity, surface area being pinged, enviormental variables, escort crew rating, thermal layer reduction, etc.