What's wrong with my anticounterdetection strategy...

Kazuaki Shimazaki II · 04-17-06, 10:21 AM

Downloaded the DW conversion of SC's Akula campaign, and was trying to finish Mission 2 without getting counterdetected.

My theory went like this. I would track him from his front. That way, I'd be using my more sensitive towed array (LWAMI Pelamida, and I modded it to have a sensitivity of -10 instead of -8 so if anything it should have gotten easier than for most) against his bow sonar (LWAMI setting, IIRC -18 but with lower freq limit of 800Hz) and have a comfortable acoustic advantage.

I got close enough to just catch his 60Hz line (about 7000-7500m) fading in and out, and managed to avoid counterdetection, varying from 4-8knots. Then the 688I I was tracking dived and accelerated up to 7 knots. I naturally didn't want to get close to him, so I also picked up to 7. Then I hear I've been counterdetected. I'm pitting my tail against that guy's bow and he still manages to draw or better?

What's wrong with my theory (if any) and how do I manage to avoid a judgment of counterdetection (other than going slow). I vaguely remember I had to settle for tracking him w/ counterdetection back in SC too.

And no, he didn't make a turn behind my back. I checked using Show Truth. I tried it masts up, masts down...

04-17-06, 10:21 AM	#1
Kazuaki Shimazaki II Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	What's wrong with my anticounterdetection strategy... Downloaded the DW conversion of SC's Akula campaign, and was trying to finish Mission 2 without getting counterdetected. My theory went like this. I would track him from his front. That way, I'd be using my more sensitive towed array (LWAMI Pelamida, and I modded it to have a sensitivity of -10 instead of -8 so if anything it should have gotten easier than for most) against his bow sonar (LWAMI setting, IIRC -18 but with lower freq limit of 800Hz) and have a comfortable acoustic advantage. I got close enough to just catch his 60Hz line (about 7000-7500m) fading in and out, and managed to avoid counterdetection, varying from 4-8knots. Then the 688I I was tracking dived and accelerated up to 7 knots. I naturally didn't want to get close to him, so I also picked up to 7. Then I hear I've been counterdetected. I'm pitting my tail against that guy's bow and he still manages to draw or better? What's wrong with my theory (if any) and how do I manage to avoid a judgment of counterdetection (other than going slow). I vaguely remember I had to settle for tracking him w/ counterdetection back in SC too. And no, he didn't make a turn behind my back. I checked using Show Truth. I tried it masts up, masts down...