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FireDragon76 · 06-07-21, 11:37 AM

Diesel subs are capable and very quiet but in the end a sub is only as good as its crew's training.

I have been experimenting in Dangerous Waters with the Kilo sub operating in small wolfpacks. I think this sort of sub could be somewhat of a threat to nuclear subs. The 688i had trouble detecting the wolfpack. However, the tactics you use are entirely different from nuclear boats, since diesel subs are so slow and they typically do not have towed arrays. But with linked communications, relaying information about the location of contacts helped a great deal to get a firing solution on the nuclear submarine, even if it requires coordinated coms periods every hour or two to share contact data.

Of course, against surface fleets these sorts of subs can be serious threats indeed.

06-07-21, 11:37 AM	#5
FireDragon76 Bosun Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 65 Downloads: 111 Uploads: 0	Diesel subs are capable and very quiet but in the end a sub is only as good as its crew's training. I have been experimenting in Dangerous Waters with the Kilo sub operating in small wolfpacks. I think this sort of sub could be somewhat of a threat to nuclear subs. The 688i had trouble detecting the wolfpack. However, the tactics you use are entirely different from nuclear boats, since diesel subs are so slow and they typically do not have towed arrays. But with linked communications, relaying information about the location of contacts helped a great deal to get a firing solution on the nuclear submarine, even if it requires coordinated coms periods every hour or two to share contact data. Of course, against surface fleets these sorts of subs can be serious threats indeed. Last edited by FireDragon76; 06-09-21 at 06:57 AM.