Doubts about radar, planes and anti-aircraft artillery

[jorgegonzalito]

Originally Posted by razark

No, the A-scope and PPI only display surface contacts. There is no display for air contacts, except for the contacts on the map. In reality, the SD radar system would not actually give the crew a location, but would only return a distance to the contact, so the map is giving you more information than the crew would have had.


As for the AA guns, you have crew assigned, you've given the order to man them (or gone to battle stations), and have given the Fire at Will order? Beyond that, I don't know what needs to be done, since I hide from airplanes rather than engage them, because airplanes = death.

My assumption was correct, the radar does not detect the planes. I thought so, because in some movies they detect it before the lookouts spot it and give the alarm. In the movie "Up Periscope", the submarine is on the surface while a diver makes repairs to the hull. They detect a plane with the radar but watch it while they continue working, until minutes later the lookouts see it and then take the diver up and order the dive. Perhaps for the gunners to act automatically, the "battle stations" alarm must first be activated. I sometimes forget that detail and take action with the minimum crew on duty.