Does depth ping give away my position?

Bl00dCat · 11-01-13, 03:46 PM

So, just to make it completely clear: enemy ships can't hear my ping at all, or they can get alerted by it but can't pinpoint the direction it was coming from, or they don't get alerted but CAN take ping direction if sub is suspected nearby?

Jimbuna · 11-01-13, 04:45 PM

Enemy ships can't hear your active pings.

jonmar · 11-01-13, 05:04 PM

I wish I hadn't read this thread.

Jimbuna · 11-02-13, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by jonmar

I wish I hadn't read this thread.

Yeah, a few have said that in the past when little known immersion killers are revealed.

BigWalleye · 11-02-13, 06:23 AM

Robbins said it best: Realism isn't about the settings. It's about how you play the game.

11-02-13, 06:28 AM

- Echolot/sonar ping, gramophone can't be heard by ASW.
- Seafloor sitting can't help to hide yourself from being pinged.
- You can be heard by ASW through the land.
- Dud explosions does no impact on ASW behaviour.
- Impossible to mask engine sound of u-boat underneath a cargo ship.
- ASW has no smoke screen defence mechanism.
- ASW Huff Duff system is not working at all.

flag4 · 11-02-13, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jonmar

I wish I hadn't read this thread.

well. don't then

Leitender · 11-05-13, 03:04 AM

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stock depth map which definitely was made by some Allies or Soviet agent

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It's a shame

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biggest failings

Are you sure that they could? I mean, not theoretically, but in reality? And if so, did they do it? Up to now, I´ve never read anything about ASW units that hear any pings from enemy u-boats. So I don´t believe that they did. Imho with good reason: They already had their own reliable sonar system. Why should the sonar operator waste his time for searching pings if he could get bearing and distance with his own asdic/sonar?

The really great Jerry Proc site

http://jproc.ca/sari/asd_gen.html

tells a lot about asdic, but no word is lost about enemy sonar pings. The only possibility I see is random discovery. But afaik, the german u-boats barely used their horizontal sonar (S-Gerät) because optical information was more precise at that time, and, well, the maps were good enough

so normally there was no need to measure the depth.

Ingame, I Although use the vertical sonar (echolot) very often to get the depth, but always without another ship in sight. Then I plot the depth into my map, so i´m always aware about possible evasion manoeuvres. To be sure about the depth, I use the echolot when crash diving. At that time, the enemy normally knows my positon, so there´s no disadvantage when using it.

11-01-13, 04:45 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,552 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Enemy ships can't hear your active pings. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-01-13, 03:46 PM	#1
Bl00dCat Watch Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Russia, just north of Caspian Sea Posts: 17 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	So, just to make it completely clear: enemy ships can't hear my ping at all, or they can get alerted by it but can't pinpoint the direction it was coming from, or they don't get alerted but CAN take ping direction if sub is suspected nearby?

11-01-13, 05:04 PM	#3
jonmar Bosun Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 61 Downloads: 86 Uploads: 0	I wish I hadn't read this thread.

11-02-13, 06:23 AM	#5
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Robbins said it best: Realism isn't about the settings. It's about how you play the game.

11-02-13, 06:28 AM	#6
sailor_X Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	- Echolot/sonar ping, gramophone can't be heard by ASW. - Seafloor sitting can't help to hide yourself from being pinged. - You can be heard by ASW through the land. - Dud explosions does no impact on ASW behaviour. - Impossible to mask engine sound of u-boat underneath a cargo ship. - ASW has no smoke screen defence mechanism. - ASW Huff Duff system is not working at all.