Beating Wakehomers...by not making a wake!

Stewy1 · 01-31-21, 07:48 PM

G'day guys,

I found Bill Nicholls' FFG guide http://www.subguru.com/DW_missions/FFG_Guide.pdf ; he mentions that, in the FFG, wakehomers can be beaten by going 4kts or less (i.e. not making a wake)

I gave it a test, provoking a Russian Kilo Pr 877 to fire at me with wakehomers.

It was VERY weird to stand still/go slow when you've just been fired upon - but the results were interesting - about 1/2 the torpedos fired missed when I was at 4kts or dead-stopped!

I don't know if the RA wakehomers have another form of search guidance (active/passive) though. At least 1-2 of the Kilo's torpedo spread would hit me (even when stopped) - a few circled around and then hit me - and as you know, one torp is all it takes!

I don't know if you've got strategies to beat them in the FFG (apart from 'don't be fired upon') but it was an interesting theory!

Cheers,
Stew

01-31-21, 07:48 PM	#1
Stewy1 Girt by Sea Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Red Route 1 Posts: 391 Downloads: 176 Uploads: 40	Beating Wakehomers...by not making a wake! G'day guys, I found Bill Nicholls' FFG guide http://www.subguru.com/DW_missions/FFG_Guide.pdf ; he mentions that, in the FFG, wakehomers can be beaten by going 4kts or less (i.e. not making a wake) I gave it a test, provoking a Russian Kilo Pr 877 to fire at me with wakehomers. It was VERY weird to stand still/go slow when you've just been fired upon - but the results were interesting - about 1/2 the torpedos fired missed when I was at 4kts or dead-stopped! I don't know if the RA wakehomers have another form of search guidance (active/passive) though. At least 1-2 of the Kilo's torpedo spread would hit me (even when stopped) - a few circled around and then hit me - and as you know, one torp is all it takes! I don't know if you've got strategies to beat them in the FFG (apart from 'don't be fired upon') but it was an interesting theory! Cheers, Stew __________________ "This officer has used my ship as his den of iniquity and my wardroom to carry him from bar to bar."