U480 - a New Idea For Renown....GWX Team ?

flag4 · 09-17-09, 10:56 AM

hi hunters

i have recently watched a documentary on the history channel - Deep Sea Sundays i believe. it was about U480. aparently it was lost 10.miles S.E.of Isles Scilly. but....it was found in the Der Canal ! and not only that, it was covered with a rubber matting with hundreds if not thousands of tiny holes drilled in to this matting. turns out the scientists had discovered a way of avoiding detection by Asdic etc: the tiny holes in the rubber matting absorbed the 'ping' and it would not return to the above destroyer.

Hans-Joachim Förster was her captian and was quite succesfull even for such a late stage of the war, 44-45.

unfortunatly he and U480 were lost with all hands when they sailed into a mine the English had layed near a guidance buoy for shipping some meters below the waves. if any of you Kaleuns have Sky or the History Channel maybe you can get at it again. it was a very interesting documentary. i was lucky, my friend has allll the channels.

i had an idea while i watched this documentary. Maybe the GWX team could implement an addition for the game by making it possible to buy with renown points a coating of this special rubber matting to make the u Boats 'almost' invisisble towards the end of the war.

it was out there for real in 44-45. at the end of the documentary they said that 6 (six) U Boats had never been discovered because of this rubber matting and it seriously frightened the Brits.

maybe it is already in the game, i would not be surprised !! because i have never made it past 43!!

flakmonkey · 09-17-09, 11:17 AM

its already in game, called alberich/tarnmatte i think.
In fact i think this was in stock sh3 too. A coating of rubber tiles to reduce the subs sonar echo according to the manual.

flag4 · 09-17-09, 11:26 AM

hmmm, i have'nt been paying attention again...!

Mopy · 09-17-09, 11:33 AM

Heyas,

http://www.uboataces.com/sonar-coating.shtml

I believe it is in the game, though I can't remember what year it comes up. I recall that it only has an effect of around 10% decreased chance of detection though. GWX manual shows the upgrade becoming available in '41 (alberich) and two others following it in '43 and '44, though I don't know anything about those because '41 is always my graveyard :P

::Edit - Beaten, didn't see the above posts

That's what happens when you open 20 tabs at once and read through them over time.

flakmonkey · 09-17-09, 11:46 AM

sadly not a visual effect in game though, i really wanted to see what my boat would look like covered with rubber tiles! Maybe theres a skin out there??

09-17-09, 10:56 AM	#1
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	U480 - a New Idea For Renown....GWX Team ? hi hunters i have recently watched a documentary on the history channel - Deep Sea Sundays i believe. it was about U480. aparently it was lost 10.miles S.E.of Isles Scilly. but....it was found in the Der Canal ! and not only that, it was covered with a rubber matting with hundreds if not thousands of tiny holes drilled in to this matting. turns out the scientists had discovered a way of avoiding detection by Asdic etc: the tiny holes in the rubber matting absorbed the 'ping' and it would not return to the above destroyer. Hans-Joachim Förster was her captian and was quite succesfull even for such a late stage of the war, 44-45. unfortunatly he and U480 were lost with all hands when they sailed into a mine the English had layed near a guidance buoy for shipping some meters below the waves. if any of you Kaleuns have Sky or the History Channel maybe you can get at it again. it was a very interesting documentary. i was lucky, my friend has allll the channels. i had an idea while i watched this documentary. Maybe the GWX team could implement an addition for the game by making it possible to buy with renown points a coating of this special rubber matting to make the u Boats 'almost' invisisble towards the end of the war. it was out there for real in 44-45. at the end of the documentary they said that 6 (six) U Boats had never been discovered because of this rubber matting and it seriously frightened the Brits. maybe it is already in the game, i would not be surprised !! because i have never made it past 43!! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-17-09, 11:17 AM	#2
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	its already in game, called alberich/tarnmatte i think. In fact i think this was in stock sh3 too. A coating of rubber tiles to reduce the subs sonar echo according to the manual. __________________

09-17-09, 11:26 AM	#3
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	hmmm, i have'nt been paying attention again...! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-17-09, 11:46 AM	#5
flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	sadly not a visual effect in game though, i really wanted to see what my boat would look like covered with rubber tiles! Maybe theres a skin out there?? __________________

09-17-09, 11:33 AM	#4
Mopy Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 118 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Heyas, http://www.uboataces.com/sonar-coating.shtml I believe it is in the game, though I can't remember what year it comes up. I recall that it only has an effect of around 10% decreased chance of detection though. GWX manual shows the upgrade becoming available in '41 (alberich) and two others following it in '43 and '44, though I don't know anything about those because '41 is always my graveyard :P ::Edit - Beaten, didn't see the above posts That's what happens when you open 20 tabs at once and read through them over time.