First Sonar Kill. Exciting Stuff!

skookum · 01-19-09, 01:12 AM

Got my first blind sonar kill today.

Near the Marshall Islands in August '43. Fog rolled in and my sonar man calls out a merchant coming from the southeast. No hope in hell of seeing her in the pea soup so I start taking sonar fixes every three minutes. She was moving pretty good (14 knots) which left me little time to set up my attack. She crossed my bow at 1100 yards and I let a couple of fish go. A few seconds of silence and WHAM!!! Both eels hit dead on.

Surfaced and followed the last sound contact bearing till I made visual contact just in time to see her slip under.

I've played SH3 and SH4 for several years now. As yet nothing has been as satisfying than sinking that merchant today. Really cool.

magic452 · 01-19-09, 01:46 AM

Very good shooting there Skookum. Nothing like a very tough shot to get the jucies flowing.

I just pulled off a similar attack. Very heavy rain at night, visibility less than 500 yds.
set up a vector analysis attack, moved in close to his course because of the low visibility, about 600 yds. Just as I was about to shoot I realized he was zig zagging.
Had to go full back to keep torp arming distance. Fired 3 fish on sonar calls and got
three hits. Never saw the target only a little fire on his deck. Scratch 1 large mordern freighter. I have noticed that these ships must have sonar as they will start zig zagging as they approach. I was at zero knots but had not rigged for silent running and I think he heard me some how.

If you haven't tryed Vector Analysis Attack you might take a look at it, very useful in these conditions.

Nice shooting and good hunting Magic452
SH4 1.4 TMO RSRDC

RSColonel_131st · 01-19-09, 06:45 AM

Congrats to you guys, but you both just sank an allied ship each

Seriously, shooting blind is a great skill but with no positive ID to the ship, how can you be sure that you are shooting at the enemy?

Torplexed · 01-19-09, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st

Congrats to you guys, but you both just sank an allied ship each

Seriously, shooting blind is a great skill but with no positive ID to the ship, how can you be sure that you are shooting at the enemy?

Skookum mentions being in the Marshalls in August '43. You shouldn't run into any friendly surface traffic there as that was deep within Japanese controlled waters. It might be a problem in the Philippines and Indonesia during the beginning of the war when your dealing with Dutch and US friendlies.

Congrats on the 'sound' shooting.

Fincuan · 01-19-09, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st

Seriously, shooting blind is a great skill but with no positive ID to the ship, how can you be sure that you are shooting at the enemy?

You can't. As Torplexed said you just look at the map and consider the odds. In one of my first careers as a u-boat in the U-Boat Missions addon I sunk a Japanese carrier in heavy fog in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I only saw the target when I came right alongside it, and then it was time for a little "Ooops... I'm terribly sorry for your carrier sir!"

ReallyDedPoet · 01-19-09, 09:49 AM

Nice work

RDP

AVGWarhawk · 01-19-09, 10:17 AM

This is the area I lack and it is the area of patience. For me to sit and use the watch every three minutes to get the speed, etc. is just very hard for me. One of these days I will force my self to stay away from the time compression buttons.

I bet it was exciting when it all comes together. Cool

surf_ten · 01-22-09, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

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Originally Posted by RSColonel_131st

Seriously, shooting blind is a great skill but with no positive ID to the ship, how can you be sure that you are shooting at the enemy?

You can't. As Torplexed said you just look at the map and consider the odds. In one of my first careers as a u-boat in the U-Boat Missions addon I sunk a Japanese carrier in heavy fog in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I only saw the target when I came right alongside it, and then it was time for a little "Ooops... I'm terribly sorry for your carrier sir!"

LOL did the Japanese ambassador say something along the lines 'with alllies like you who needs enemies'.

01-19-09, 01:12 AM	#1
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	First Sonar Kill. Exciting Stuff! Got my first blind sonar kill today. Near the Marshall Islands in August '43. Fog rolled in and my sonar man calls out a merchant coming from the southeast. No hope in hell of seeing her in the pea soup so I start taking sonar fixes every three minutes. She was moving pretty good (14 knots) which left me little time to set up my attack. She crossed my bow at 1100 yards and I let a couple of fish go. A few seconds of silence and WHAM!!! Both eels hit dead on. Surfaced and followed the last sound contact bearing till I made visual contact just in time to see her slip under. I've played SH3 and SH4 for several years now. As yet nothing has been as satisfying than sinking that merchant today. Really cool. __________________

01-19-09, 09:49 AM	#6
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice work RDP __________________ Back in the Day

01-19-09, 10:17 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	This is the area I lack and it is the area of patience. For me to sit and use the watch every three minutes to get the speed, etc. is just very hard for me. One of these days I will force my self to stay away from the time compression buttons. I bet it was exciting when it all comes together. Cool __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-19-09, 01:46 AM	#2
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Very good shooting there Skookum. Nothing like a very tough shot to get the jucies flowing. I just pulled off a similar attack. Very heavy rain at night, visibility less than 500 yds. set up a vector analysis attack, moved in close to his course because of the low visibility, about 600 yds. Just as I was about to shoot I realized he was zig zagging. Had to go full back to keep torp arming distance. Fired 3 fish on sonar calls and got three hits. Never saw the target only a little fire on his deck. Scratch 1 large mordern freighter. I have noticed that these ships must have sonar as they will start zig zagging as they approach. I was at zero knots but had not rigged for silent running and I think he heard me some how. If you haven't tryed Vector Analysis Attack you might take a look at it, very useful in these conditions. Nice shooting and good hunting Magic452 SH4 1.4 TMO RSRDC

01-19-09, 06:45 AM	#3
RSColonel_131st Medic Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 164 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats to you guys, but you both just sank an allied ship each Seriously, shooting blind is a great skill but with no positive ID to the ship, how can you be sure that you are shooting at the enemy?