DC's at different depths.

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Originally Posted by vanjast

Does anybody have any technical info on the shockwave effects of a Depth Charge exploding at different depths.

My logical thinking (which might be wrong) is that the deeper a DC explodes the more the shockwave is contained by the pressure, therefore it's not that effective.

Going to the extreme, say a DC ended up down the mid-atlantic trench. So much pressure would prevent it from exploding, and more likely implode.

The other side of this is that the subs pressure hull is under more pressure at depth, and requires less shockwave pressure to break it. BUT the DC range would also have to be reduced to be effective.

Oh man vanjast. You just took away 2 hours of my life. I won't charge you though 'cause it was an interesting 2hrs.

I found your question and thought experiment interesting so I started searching and checking etc etc. Unfortunately I think Armistead is probably correct with regard to what's actually implemented in the sim, but that's just a guess based on the fact that UBI and other designers tend to leave cool stuff like that out.

With regard to technical/historical info I can only offer limited guidance at this time and it unfortunately doesn't answer the question directly. but see for yourself.

DepthCharge1.jpg below unfortunately refers to tests shortly after WWI, but the results I found interesting. (lower half 2nd column)




DepthCharge2.jpg (2nd Column) below is a bit more relevant as it refers to tests conducted on a Tambor in 1940. The drawback here is the depths involved were not in line with your original question. The results however are still very interesting (I think). In fact I wasn't familiar with this book "U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman, but because of your post I'd like to get more familiar with it. I just spent the last two hours reading a chunk of it online... so uhh, THANKS.