FuMO391, can it be obtained earlier?

[silentwayIII]

Is there a way of getting the FuMO391 radar detection unit (sits on top of the snorkle) before january 1945. The only file I see it in is the Basic file in the config folder. I tried changing the dates of availability, but it only seems available if your patrol begins in january 1945.

Thanks.

[Paajtor]

I would like to know this too.:hmm:
Don't want to go to absurd values...just July '44 will do.

[Paajtor]

Nobody?
Come on, guys...if there's a value that gives you the thing in Jan.'45, then it can be changed, right?
Anyway, the historically correct date has to be from Sept 1st, '44 on, I think?

[Jimbuna]

The silence here is deafening....you guys might want to consider the fact that people are very busy working on the next update :hmm:

Now watch someone come along with an answer to blow me out of the water :rotfl:

[Paajtor]

I'm on it, Jim
Anyway, SilentWayIII asked a general question....no idea if he's using GWX (as I do).

I found this on the German Ubi-forums...the quote is from Febr.16th 2007:

In GWX ist das FuMO391 aber durch das FuMB 37 Leros (für XXI)ersetzt worden. Dieses ist allerdings ein Radarwarngerät.
Athos(FuMB 35) war die letzte Verfeinerung und besaß zwei Rundantennengruppen, die in einem Druckgehäuse auf einem Teleskopmast angebracht waren. Als der Krieg zu Ende ging hatte man gerede e i n Probegerät eingebaut. In einem weiteren Projekt wurde die Elektronik von Athos mit der Bali-Antenne kombiniert, so entsand Leros FuMB 37, das auf einigen Booten des Typs XXI eingebaut war. Die Antenne war am Schnorchelkopf befestigt.

short translation:

- In GWX, the FuMO391 is replaced by the FuMB37 Leros (for the XXI)...a Radar Warning Receiver.
- Athos (FuMB35) was the latest refinement, and had 2 loop-antennae groups, mounted in a pressure-dome on a scope.
- Near the end of the war, a prototype was tested.
- A next refinement had the electronics of the Athos combined with the Bali, which became the FuMB37 Leros.
- this was mounted on some XXI's, on the Schnorkel.


So we are talking about the FuMB37 Leros here, I guess...and you have to sail a XXI, to be able to get one eventually, if you're using GWX.
If not...no idea, lol.
But in the end, imo it doesn't make any difference...there has to be some value to change- either for the FuMO391, or the FuMB37 Leros - but I hope it's not in the .dat-files.

[silentwayIII]

I am using GWX and I am using the XXI with a start date of January 44. I modified date availability and flotilla data as well as several files in the submarine folder for the XXI.

Thanks for finding out the information you posted on the radar detector. As you mentioned though, unless the the data is somewhere other than in the basic file, I'd like to know where.

Using the XXI is a treat and having the radar detector on top of the snorkle provides the ultimate detection capability for a snorkling submarine. I would simply like to have it available earlier if I need to use the snorkle in heavily (air) patrolled areas.