Equipment to detect underwater thermal layers

Wolfcat · 03-13-19, 02:56 PM

How come German u-boats weren't equipped with the gear to detect underwater thermal layers? If I remember correctly, the American WWII subs had such equipment. It really helped subs to avoid detection and ASW attacks.

John Pancoast · 03-13-19, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfcat

How come German u-boats weren't equipped with the gear to detect underwater thermal layers? If I remember correctly, the American WWII subs had such equipment. It really helped subs to avoid detection and ASW attacks.

Probably because they didn't have the technology/science to do so.

bstanko6 · 03-13-19, 07:40 PM

They took readings from salinity and other factors in the water, they had an idea about layers. But they operated mostly in the Atlantic. It's a harsh, stormy, loud, and rough theatre. The boats could hide accousticaly in a more efficient manner.

I always wondered if that is why they were located so easily in Gibraltar? No layers? No where accousticaly to hide?

Wolfcat · 03-15-19, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

They took readings from salinity and other factors in the water, they had an idea about layers. But they operated mostly in the Atlantic. It's a harsh, stormy, loud, and rough theatre. The boats could hide accousticaly in a more efficient manner.

I always wondered if that is why they were located so easily in Gibraltar? No layers? No where accousticaly to hide?

I guess the thermal layer is not modeled in silent hunter III, correct?

bstanko6 · 03-15-19, 02:49 PM

Correct. It’s based on your boat profile and a counter in the program to determine if the escort heard or saw you with hydrophone/ASDIC.

Wolfcat · 03-15-19, 02:58 PM

What does that counter do? It counts how long you stay in a certain profile?

03-13-19, 02:56 PM	#1
Wolfcat Chief Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 325 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	Equipment to detect underwater thermal layers How come German u-boats weren't equipped with the gear to detect underwater thermal layers? If I remember correctly, the American WWII subs had such equipment. It really helped subs to avoid detection and ASW attacks.

03-13-19, 07:40 PM	#3
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	They took readings from salinity and other factors in the water, they had an idea about layers. But they operated mostly in the Atlantic. It's a harsh, stormy, loud, and rough theatre. The boats could hide accousticaly in a more efficient manner. I always wondered if that is why they were located so easily in Gibraltar? No layers? No where accousticaly to hide?

03-15-19, 02:49 PM	#5
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	Correct. It’s based on your boat profile and a counter in the program to determine if the escort heard or saw you with hydrophone/ASDIC.

03-15-19, 02:58 PM	#6
Wolfcat Chief Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 325 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	What does that counter do? It counts how long you stay in a certain profile?