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Old 07-23-08, 08:13 PM   #13
ddiplock
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Originally Posted by Hartmann
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Originally Posted by tater
MANY japanese merchant ships were equipped with hydrophones, particularly later in the war.

Many also had some DCs, though they did not prosecute targets, they just dumped them over the side to try and scare subs away.
they were running out of destroyers and ships, so need every thing that float converted in to a submarine chaser
Does SH4 replicate this by giving merchants the ability to detect submerged subs? that might explain why the merchies have started evasive tactics when i'm tearing towards them at flank speed in the later years of the war.
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