How dangerous is to use active sonar?

merc4ulfate · 05-04-12, 09:21 PM

I have only used active sonar to lure destroyers away from convoys. If I ping them from a 90 degree bearing then dive and go ahead flank they are more apt to center in on my last position where the ping came from while I angle in towards the body of the convoy. Imagine a T where the bottom of the letter is my position the far right point of the top cross bar is the merchants and once I pined them I headed for the top left point of the cross bar to intercept.

It really work well once in shallow water I'd say 100 feet with a rough surface. The destroyers stay in the area I pinged from while I intercepted and fired torpedoes at the merchants. By the time they turned and came back I had sank three ships and was heading away from them. They depth charged the area they thought I was in but I was a good 2000 yards away and they never approached me.

05-04-12, 09:21 PM	#10
merc4ulfate DILLIGAF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: florida Posts: 2,058 Downloads: 210 Uploads: 0	I have only used active sonar to lure destroyers away from convoys. If I ping them from a 90 degree bearing then dive and go ahead flank they are more apt to center in on my last position where the ping came from while I angle in towards the body of the convoy. Imagine a T where the bottom of the letter is my position the far right point of the top cross bar is the merchants and once I pined them I headed for the top left point of the cross bar to intercept. It really work well once in shallow water I'd say 100 feet with a rough surface. The destroyers stay in the area I pinged from while I intercepted and fired torpedoes at the merchants. By the time they turned and came back I had sank three ships and was heading away from them. They depth charged the area they thought I was in but I was a good 2000 yards away and they never approached me.