Is there a maximum depth for depth charges?

Lt.Fillipidis · 04-08-09, 12:19 PM

As title says.
Im pursued by 5 destroyers, fortunatelly on 1000+ waters.
Does it worth it going deep?

GoldenRivet · 04-08-09, 12:27 PM

Depth charge maximum depth in SH3 is 300 meters.

given the explosive radius of a depth charge exploding at 300 meters i would wager that 315 - 320 meters is the only truly safe depth... however your U-boat would almost certainly crush before then.

andym · 04-08-09, 12:34 PM

Aint life a bummer?

Lt.Fillipidis · 04-08-09, 12:38 PM

But how about real life?
300m seems too much for any mechanism at that time to function properly.
Even if its explosives...

GoldenRivet · 04-08-09, 12:47 PM

i dont recall exact figures.

early war real life was like 100 - 125 meters

mid war something like up to 175 - 200 meters

late war was something around 300 meters

probably something in the GWX manual... ill blow the dust off of it and take a peak

Sailor Steve · 04-08-09, 12:47 PM

Early war was only 91 meters, but by 1942 they could do 195 meters. a 457-meter version was not used because by that time hedgehogs were in service, and they had no depth restrictions at all.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMBR_ASW.htm

The Americans were about the same.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_ASW.htm

The problem is that 200 meters was deeper than most u-boat captains were willing to dive. The guages say don't go to deep, and in real life if you make a mistake it's your last. They didn't routinely just go very very deep and sit there knowing they were safe.

Lt.Fillipidis · 04-08-09, 01:05 PM

I see...
Thanks for all the info guys.

04-08-09, 12:19 PM	#1
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Is there a maximum depth for depth charges? As title says. Im pursued by 5 destroyers, fortunatelly on 1000+ waters. Does it worth it going deep?

04-08-09, 12:27 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Depth charge maximum depth in SH3 is 300 meters. given the explosive radius of a depth charge exploding at 300 meters i would wager that 315 - 320 meters is the only truly safe depth... however your U-boat would almost certainly crush before then. __________________

04-08-09, 12:34 PM	#3
andym Weps Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 365 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	Aint life a bummer? __________________ GWX 3.0 GOLD,SH3 Commander.

04-08-09, 12:47 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	i dont recall exact figures. early war real life was like 100 - 125 meters mid war something like up to 175 - 200 meters late war was something around 300 meters probably something in the GWX manual... ill blow the dust off of it and take a peak __________________

04-08-09, 12:47 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Early war was only 91 meters, but by 1942 they could do 195 meters. a 457-meter version was not used because by that time hedgehogs were in service, and they had no depth restrictions at all. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMBR_ASW.htm The Americans were about the same. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WAMUS_ASW.htm The problem is that 200 meters was deeper than most u-boat captains were willing to dive. The guages say don't go to deep, and in real life if you make a mistake it's your last. They didn't routinely just go very very deep and sit there knowing they were safe. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-08-09, 12:38 PM	#4
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	But how about real life? 300m seems too much for any mechanism at that time to function properly. Even if its explosives...

04-08-09, 01:05 PM	#7
Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	I see... Thanks for all the info guys.