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Old 06-21-17, 07:02 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Lanzfeld View Post
5. The overuse of active sonar by the enemy in almost every scenario. I know the DEVS found one reference to this in the history books but I hope they did not construct the artificial intelligence based around this one example. Submarine warfare in the 80s was really more often a game of being quiet.
Actually with this one I believe them. The reason for this is this quote from another thread:

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Originally Posted by Julhelm View Post
I would suggest starting with the books we used for reference:

Friedman, N. (1994). US Submarines Since 1945
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press

Vego, M. (1992). Soviet Naval Tactics
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press


Polmar, N. (1983). Guide to the Soviet Navy 3rd ed.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press

Polmar, N. Breyer, S. (1978). Guide to the Soviet Navy 2nd ed.
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press


Polmar, N., Moore, K.(2004). Cold War Submarines
Dulles, VA: Potomac Books Inc.

Jordan, J. (1992). Soviet Warships 1945 to the Present
London, UK: Arms and Armour Press

Jordan, J. (1989). Soviet Submarines 1945 to the Present
London, UK: Arms and Armour Press

Jordan, J. (1982). Guide To The Modern Soviet Navy
London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd.


Jordan, J., Miller D. (1987). Modern Submarine Warfare
London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd.


Miller, D. (1982). Modern Submarines
London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd.

Clancy, T. (1993). Submarine
London, UK: HarperCOllinsPublishers

Sontag, S., Drew, C. (1998). Blind Man's Bluff
London, UK: Random House UK Ltd.

Sasgen, P. (2009). Stalking The Red Bear
New York, NY: St Martins' Press
I never read any of those books, but I suspect at least some of them explain why Soviets were using active sonar a lot. This one example you mentioned is probably just that - a single example.
At least I hope I'm not wrong here.

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6. Please let us scroll through the campaign introduction and exit screens quicker. Once you've read them once that little pause really hurts.
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