Contempt for Japanese ASW...

Bubblehead1980 · 11-07-13, 04:04 PM

I was talking about my contempt for what I saw was weak escorts, esp the Momi PB once realized it did not have active sonar and it nearly cost me my boat.Some luck was involved but I was in ideal passive sonar conditions, in a Gato and since try to play realistically, I rarely purposely take boat below 300 foot test depth, occasionally 345 to 350(as some skippers did) even though I know boat can go much deeper if forced. My contempt for the perceived weakness of the escorts, esp the momi pb being close by, lead me to stay at scope depth, and speed up to make noise after first three fish hit the large freighter(which was in far column so only fired at it, it was a 50/50 shot but managed to get it) then attacked the small one close by with two fish.

So my contempt and disregard of the threat lead me to take a risk.I tend to take calculated risks on patrol, saw this as one as that but may have overdone it.Combination of my actions, their skill, in optimal conditions and some luck.Definitely will not make same mistake again.

Far as realism, well this is 1944, Japanese ASW was pretty good by then and only improved, late war ASW was effective.TMO with RSRD provides best balance of realism and gameplay.Escorts are tough but not always impossible.I think a mod people must have is the SH AI fix, which stops them from always having active sonar on, they listen until detect you, then go active, this allows you to get close in like in RL undetected, depending on other factors of course.

11-07-13, 04:04 PM	#12
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,138 Downloads: 607 Uploads: 44	I was talking about my contempt for what I saw was weak escorts, esp the Momi PB once realized it did not have active sonar and it nearly cost me my boat.Some luck was involved but I was in ideal passive sonar conditions, in a Gato and since try to play realistically, I rarely purposely take boat below 300 foot test depth, occasionally 345 to 350(as some skippers did) even though I know boat can go much deeper if forced. My contempt for the perceived weakness of the escorts, esp the momi pb being close by, lead me to stay at scope depth, and speed up to make noise after first three fish hit the large freighter(which was in far column so only fired at it, it was a 50/50 shot but managed to get it) then attacked the small one close by with two fish. So my contempt and disregard of the threat lead me to take a risk.I tend to take calculated risks on patrol, saw this as one as that but may have overdone it.Combination of my actions, their skill, in optimal conditions and some luck.Definitely will not make same mistake again. Far as realism, well this is 1944, Japanese ASW was pretty good by then and only improved, late war ASW was effective.TMO with RSRD provides best balance of realism and gameplay.Escorts are tough but not always impossible.I think a mod people must have is the SH AI fix, which stops them from always having active sonar on, they listen until detect you, then go active, this allows you to get close in like in RL undetected, depending on other factors of course.