The shadow zone and its mysterious nature

NFunky · 10-30-09, 04:16 PM

Ahh so there is an above-layer shadow zone! Thanks again Dr.Sid.

Yeah, it would be fairly unlikely to be a useful combat tactic. I was thinking more in a situation where I'm pretty sure the enemy sub is below-layer, what the best place to remain undetected would be which appears to be just above the layer. It would definately not guaranty remaining undetected, but it would reduce the chances of being detected. Even if he popped above-layer to have a listen, it would only take seconds for me to slip into the shadow on the other side of the layer. This would effectively reduce detection range to something like 6 nm or whatever the minimum shadow range is. This might be useful in a situation like Akula vs. Seawolf. The Seawolf would detect the Akula before the Akula got even a whiff unless it was able to hide in the shadow zones until minimum shadow range. The one big problem with this is that the Akula driver has to guess which side of the layer the Seawolf is on, so yeah, all in all it's not that great of a tactic, but it is another option to consider.

And I'm just about to download SoPro. I don't know how I missed it the first time I read through that old thread.

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10-30-09, 04:16 PM	#8
NFunky Machinist's Mate Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 127 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Ahh so there is an above-layer shadow zone! Thanks again Dr.Sid. Yeah, it would be fairly unlikely to be a useful combat tactic. I was thinking more in a situation where I'm pretty sure the enemy sub is below-layer, what the best place to remain undetected would be which appears to be just above the layer. It would definately not guaranty remaining undetected, but it would reduce the chances of being detected. Even if he popped above-layer to have a listen, it would only take seconds for me to slip into the shadow on the other side of the layer. This would effectively reduce detection range to something like 6 nm or whatever the minimum shadow range is. This might be useful in a situation like Akula vs. Seawolf. The Seawolf would detect the Akula before the Akula got even a whiff unless it was able to hide in the shadow zones until minimum shadow range. The one big problem with this is that the Akula driver has to guess which side of the layer the Seawolf is on, so yeah, all in all it's not that great of a tactic, but it is another option to consider. And I'm just about to download SoPro. I don't know how I missed it the first time I read through that old thread.