Are Japanese destoyers too good at detecting your sub??

ddiplock · 07-21-08, 03:43 PM

Quite interesting though, as I remember in the very first Silent Hunter, the Japanese escorts would be pinging constantly, they wouldnt know you were there, but they would be pinging away non-stop. As you approached the convoy, you could hear the faint pings in the water, that would get louder the closer you got. For a game modelled in 1996, it was really well done

In truth, I think that's how they really did it. I know that in real life, British destroyers anyway when escorting convoys would constantly be using active ASDIC on the chance they'd detect a U-boat trying to penetrate the convoy.

doulos05 · 09-21-08, 08:43 PM

Really, for a surface ship, there's not reason for them not to ping the hell out of everything. Riding on the surface, their radar signature screams "SHOOT HERE!" and their bow wake, screws, machinery, etc makes so much noise that they aren't going to sneak up on anyone. Why not ping?

Personally, I like to slip in when the lead escort and the escort on whichever side I'm approaching from are both moving away from me. It's worked for me every time. Then again, I'm not running Trigger Maru

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07-21-08, 03:43 PM	#1
ddiplock Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 552 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Quite interesting though, as I remember in the very first Silent Hunter, the Japanese escorts would be pinging constantly, they wouldnt know you were there, but they would be pinging away non-stop. As you approached the convoy, you could hear the faint pings in the water, that would get louder the closer you got. For a game modelled in 1996, it was really well done In truth, I think that's how they really did it. I know that in real life, British destroyers anyway when escorting convoys would constantly be using active ASDIC on the chance they'd detect a U-boat trying to penetrate the convoy.

09-21-08, 08:43 PM	#2
doulos05 Planesman Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 195 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Really, for a surface ship, there's not reason for them not to ping the hell out of everything. Riding on the surface, their radar signature screams "SHOOT HERE!" and their bow wake, screws, machinery, etc makes so much noise that they aren't going to sneak up on anyone. Why not ping? Personally, I like to slip in when the lead escort and the escort on whichever side I'm approaching from are both moving away from me. It's worked for me every time. Then again, I'm not running Trigger Maru