Mark 14 torpedoes
Mark 14 torpedoes (and Mark 23 as well) leave a trail of bubbles behind. So when the enemy hears the explosion all they have to do is look at the line of bubbles leading right back to..... you. If you were to make a shot from a long distance on slow speed and move away immediately after the torpedoes leave the tube, with scope down, you MIGHT avoid detection. However, if you went too fast they would hear you. They WILL start up the sonar immediately upon detonation of the torpedo and in shallow water you will have no thermal barrier.
Let's put it this way. Upon the identification of the U-Who, U-869, off New Jersey in 230' of water or so, a German sub vet said the equivalent of "Poor suckers. In such shallow water they had no chance at all." What's that tell you about the reality of SH3 and SH4 compared to the other games you played?
In spite of the necessity of breaking contact I have successfully attacked in as little as 100' of water, evading the escort until he ran out of depth charges and then attacking him. I just spent a whole cruise in Formosa Straits and attacked several convoys there. It was deep enough for a thermal barrier, but thermal barriers are a very cold blanket giving very weak comfort.
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