Defeat Sonar

[Rockin Robbins]

Sonar is defeated when the ship using the sonar is sunk! Beyond that--good luck. Torpx' guidelines are as far as you can go. Remember that when you are below a thermal layer the sound is not blocked. It is attenuated. So they can still track you if you are noisy.

We always talk about life in the sim being easier than real life sub warfare, but in the handling of thermal layers there's a wrinkle where we have it harder. Several times during the war, subs went below the layer and blew enough ballast so that the floated on top of the layer but were negatively buoyant in the water above. This let them shut down propulsion and ventilation systems with complete stability as they were surfaced as deep as the thermal layer. They could go completely quiet there. We don't have that option!

And now you know.....the rest.. of the story!