Originally posted by Tater.
Did a few quick tests.
I used an H6K armed with DCs.
It dropped on me at 80ft. Note these were scripted planes.
I was attacked by a few Bettys, but none bombed me. Looks like they didn't have DCs, but they sprayed the water with MG fire.
Looks like we'll want a few new bombs---even make a 30kg and 60kg for the zeke. What I was really thinking was tweaking the air-dropped DC. The stock one has a sink rate of 5m/s, and a det depth of 5m +-5m.
In RL, they had 2 different DC det depths. Make 2 identical bombs, one to each depth, and put 1 of each on the planes.
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Q. When making an attack on a submarine, were pilots allowed to drop depth charges after the submarine disappeared below the surface?
A. Yes.
Q. How many seconds after the submarine disappeared from sight were they allowed to attack?
A. Within 30 seconds.
Q. What size of depth bombs did your aircraft use?
A. 250 kg.
Q. Did you use any other airborne weapon besides depth bombs?
A. We had nothing besides bombs. The bomb was a standard 250 kg bomb with a modified flat nose attachment and a special tail, a nose and tail fuse was used.
Q. What depth setting did you use?
A. We used 25 and 45 meters. If the submarine was discovered near a convoy at periscope depth and immediately submerged, we dropped the 25 meter; if time passed and gave the submarine time to go to a lower depth, we would drop the 45 meter bomb.
Q. Did you drop more than one depth bomb at a time?
A. Generally we dropped only one, but sometimes two.
Q. When you dropped two, what spacing was used?
A. None, the bombs were dropped simultaneously. Only experienced pilots were allowed to drop all bombs at once.
Q. At what distance from the submarine was it necessary to explode the depth charge in order to sink the submarine?
A. With the 250 kg bomb, it had to hit within 13 meters of the submarine in order to sink it. The smaller planes equipped with 60 kg bombs had to make a direct hit on the submarine to sink it.
So 25m and 45m were the 2 real depth settings. I'd set the depth to that, no or little error. The burst charge on a standard 250kg makes it about as strong as the type 2 with a 162kg warhead, maybe more. In my current DC mod that's ~50% more powerful than the stock DC you are used to. I can make 2 versions, one for stock, 1 in line with my DC mod.
I'll get on this.
My gut says we should BOP clone the maritime patrol planes, then give their basic load DECs in addition to the other loads, then sprinkle a few per appropriate air base.
tater
I'm thinking, visual sensing range of aircraft needs to be reduced