Hull Integrity & Depth Charges

Keelbuster · 04-07-06, 12:08 PM

in my experience with TW, the way I've died with DCs is by pressure - reduced crush-depth, following by chain-reaction crush in weakened hull. It's caused me to change my strategy in evasion. I used to go right down to the red line (165m) immediately. At this depth, a close DC will cause a crush. Now I'm going down to 100m, or 90m maybe. I've learned that the main way to evade escorts is by _distance_, not depth. It takes longer to get down to 165m, costing distance, and in good weather depth is no protection from Asdic. Following some advice i received on these forums, I've been evading at PD, 'using the vertical' so to speak, enjoying periscope intel, and diving only to evade direct attack. Seems to work pretty good. Crush death is so sudden - no time to get shallow again, just chain-reaction crunch.

Kb

04-07-06, 12:08 PM	#14
Keelbuster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BA 72 Posts: 1,092 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	in my experience with TW, the way I've died with DCs is by pressure - reduced crush-depth, following by chain-reaction crush in weakened hull. It's caused me to change my strategy in evasion. I used to go right down to the red line (165m) immediately. At this depth, a close DC will cause a crush. Now I'm going down to 100m, or 90m maybe. I've learned that the main way to evade escorts is by _distance_, not depth. It takes longer to get down to 165m, costing distance, and in good weather depth is no protection from Asdic. Following some advice i received on these forums, I've been evading at PD, 'using the vertical' so to speak, enjoying periscope intel, and diving only to evade direct attack. Seems to work pretty good. Crush death is so sudden - no time to get shallow again, just chain-reaction crunch. Kb __________________