Currents and depth charts a possibility?

Hartmann · 01-14-11, 04:21 PM

I think that in WWII technology don´t was enough accurate to allow the use of charts and underwater terrain to hide from scorts , only a rough estimation of depth

Sailor Steve · 01-14-11, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Hartmann

I think that in WWII technology don´t was enough accurate to allow the use of charts and underwater terrain to hide from scorts , only a rough estimation of depth

Exactly true. They hid from active sonar by sitting on the bottom, where the sand (not the rocks) absorbed both the beams and the depth charge blasts, making it somewhat safer. It wasn't perfect - we don't know how many tried and failed, because they aren't here to tell us.

It was impossible with the technology of the day to "see" anything underwater, so the sub couldn't know where rocks or ships were that they could hide behind, and they ran just as much risk of hitting those objects as they did using them for cover.

01-14-11, 06:23 PM

Given the fact that any Enemy Ship in SH3 will ground itself till it sinks if your behind a small section of land within detection range?
I'd say there's no such thing as 'Terrain' to them.

Sailor Steve · 01-14-11, 07:14 PM

Sure there is - they just can't see it. But when they hit it, it's very real!

Gryffon300 · 01-15-11, 03:00 PM

This is great stuff, and very useful. I was having a close look at the colour gradations on a high zoomed map segment - you can actually see the contour lines as the gradations of blue change, and I note the little 'legend' depth/colour bar attached to the 'marker', so what would be required would be to highlight the existing 'line' along the contour where the colours transition. (BTW, I found an 11m shallow last night in BF15, I think it was - those white spots could be killers!)
Finally, and not to complain or anything, in the last two patrols, I have approached Dover and taken out a Hampton class and a troopship, and two big tankers, a small tanker and two medium cargoes in Calais. Some clown got a Knights Cross for sinking the Royal Oak in Scarpa, so where's mine, eh? Eh!? Bloody high commmand. He probably knows a von someone or other.

Think I'll get drunk. Pass the Schnapps, will you?

01-14-11, 04:21 PM	#1
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	I think that in WWII technology don´t was enough accurate to allow the use of charts and underwater terrain to hide from scorts , only a rough estimation of depth __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

01-14-11, 07:14 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sure there is - they just can't see it. But when they hit it, it's very real! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-15-11, 03:00 PM	#5
Gryffon300 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	This is great stuff, and very useful. I was having a close look at the colour gradations on a high zoomed map segment - you can actually see the contour lines as the gradations of blue change, and I note the little 'legend' depth/colour bar attached to the 'marker', so what would be required would be to highlight the existing 'line' along the contour where the colours transition. (BTW, I found an 11m shallow last night in BF15, I think it was - those white spots could be killers!) Finally, and not to complain or anything, in the last two patrols, I have approached Dover and taken out a Hampton class and a troopship, and two big tankers, a small tanker and two medium cargoes in Calais. Some clown got a Knights Cross for sinking the Royal Oak in Scarpa, so where's mine, eh? Eh!? Bloody high commmand. He probably knows a von someone or other. Think I'll get drunk. Pass the Schnapps, will you? Last edited by Gryffon300; 01-17-11 at 10:13 AM.

01-14-11, 06:23 PM	#3
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Given the fact that any Enemy Ship in SH3 will ground itself till it sinks if your behind a small section of land within detection range? I'd say there's no such thing as 'Terrain' to them.