Engaging with passive sonar

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by ColonelSandersLite

https://archive.org/stream/maneuveri...ge/26/mode/2up


It's worth noting that getting an accurate sonar bearing on a target in a convoy is not easy. The IJN didn't deploy radar detection until 1944 so if you have radar, it's probably best to use it.

Heck, that's easy peasy. You might have some difficulty knowing WHICH target you have an accurate bearing and range to though......

[Crannogman]

How many escorts, how many merchies? I recommend you run right into/through it surfaced or decks awash. Put a fish into whatever comes out of the fog... And don't be afraid to have to gome home afterwards to patch some holes

[ColonelSandersLite]

@RR
That's kinda my point though. If you're getting different contacts on different readings then it will throw off your plot.

[Rockin Robbins]

Originally Posted by ColonelSandersLite

@RR
That's kinda my point though. If you're getting different contacts on different readings then it will throw off your plot.

Stuff gets,very interesting when you plot one target for the beginning of a three minute timing for course and speed, then ping another target entirely at the end of the three minutes, extend the line to establish the "course," measure the number of hundred yards for the "speed," and surprise! Surprise! They don't go where your plot predicts.