i have struck a mine while surfaced.
it was in very shallow waters in rough seas, doing round about 10 knots. as the bow dipped down into the heavy swell... KABOOM! the boat was heavily damaged, many dead... managed to make it back to port somehow.
and yes, i believe that the sonar could be used to locate underwater mines in real life... but not in GWX though. IIRC the US submarine fleet used this a lot in the japanese home waters to navigate through mine fields. sems like i had heard that some place
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