Sonar?

David I · 05-10-18, 03:35 PM

For all the years I've played SH III and GWX I've never bought sonar for any of my boats. The comment in the manual about "makes a loud signature easily read/tracked by Escorts" (or some such) has put me off.

So, my question is; has anyone out there used it?

What does it do? Does it show an outline of a ship like radar will show?
Can you bring a hydrophone fix into sharper detail with a brief burst of sonar?

What are it's plus's and minus's? Cost effective?

Enquiring minds want to know.

David I

bstanko6 · 05-10-18, 05:40 PM

It gives instant bearing and distance to a target! No work to figure anything out. It does give your position away to escorts. I’ve used it. It’s nice against a lone ship.

David I · 05-11-18, 08:37 AM

Bstank06,

Thanks for the response. It will be a perfect add-on to my electronic warfare menu. I usually play with a IXC boat as a lone wolf whose meat is lone sheep. Although I have gotten pretty good at tracking with hydrophones only, it's a tricky and time consuming process.

I can see that caution in it's use will be important.

David I

JuanLiquid · 05-11-18, 09:04 AM

I'm always excited to purchase the sonar, thinking "if I would have the sonar in this situation I would sink all of them with just a torpedo!!!!"

However, once I got it, it's the stage where you navigate more time underwater that on surface and I almost never use it

… only when hard fighting destroyers (trying to torpedo them with no vision).

05-10-18, 03:35 PM	#1
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Sonar? For all the years I've played SH III and GWX I've never bought sonar for any of my boats. The comment in the manual about "makes a loud signature easily read/tracked by Escorts" (or some such) has put me off. So, my question is; has anyone out there used it? What does it do? Does it show an outline of a ship like radar will show? Can you bring a hydrophone fix into sharper detail with a brief burst of sonar? What are it's plus's and minus's? Cost effective? Enquiring minds want to know. David I

05-10-18, 05:40 PM	#2
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	It gives instant bearing and distance to a target! No work to figure anything out. It does give your position away to escorts. I’ve used it. It’s nice against a lone ship.

05-11-18, 08:37 AM	#3
David I Ensign Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 231 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Bstank06, Thanks for the response. It will be a perfect add-on to my electronic warfare menu. I usually play with a IXC boat as a lone wolf whose meat is lone sheep. Although I have gotten pretty good at tracking with hydrophones only, it's a tricky and time consuming process. I can see that caution in it's use will be important. David I

05-11-18, 09:04 AM	#4
JuanLiquid Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 130 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	I'm always excited to purchase the sonar, thinking "if I would have the sonar in this situation I would sink all of them with just a torpedo!!!!" However, once I got it, it's the stage where you navigate more time underwater that on surface and I almost never use it … only when hard fighting destroyers (trying to torpedo them with no vision).