Regarding the PT boat sonars...

ckwack · 01-01-22, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

What was the weather?

If the weather is bad and you have choppy waves, you could’ve broached the surface.

If you left the periscope up too long, they could’ve spot it.

And 1/3 speed is a bit loud. They could have heard you. There are a number of reasons they found you.

Thanks for the reply bstanko6. BTW, believe or not I am subbed to your youtube channel and I have learned the best sub-driving skills only thanks to your videos.

It was day 10AM, 3m/s wind, no fog. I was down at 50m ~ 60m, doing 1/3 ahead. I wouldn't dare putting up my scope right next to a PT boat in a broad daylight...
I swear I was able to walk out of the scene very easily in my old GWX 3.0 games a few years ago. PT boats? Dive to 50m and run, no problem.
This time my boys called 'we are being pinged sir'. I just can't believe a small elco boat in 1939 december carrying an ASDIC...

bstanko6 · 01-01-22, 05:53 AM

That is strange. I haven’t played GWX in a long time, so I am unsure what mods might give PT boats super hearing.

I do know that calm seas are easier to hear sounds than roughs seas.

Thanks for subscribing!

John Pancoast · 01-01-22, 07:36 AM

Here's some general info. on one type of British mt boat. Note the asw role with both asdic and depth charges.

ckwack · 01-01-22, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by John Pancoast

Here's some general info. on one type of British mt boat. Note the asw role with both asdic and depth charges.

Thank you so much! ASDIC was indeed fitted onto PT boats....
Guess the orignial GWX 3.0 gave us a break back then.

John Pancoast · 01-01-22, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ckwack

Thank you so much! ASDIC was indeed fitted onto PT boats....
Guess the orignial GWX 3.0 gave us a break back then.

Yes, before events proved otherwise asdic was thought to be the end all cure for any u-boat problems, so the British put it on most anything that could float.

Aktungbby · 01-01-22, 12:20 PM

ckwack!

nice 10 year silent run!

ckwack · 01-01-22, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

ckwack!

nice 10 year silent run!

Indeed, very much indeed!

CTDs, frustrations, distractions from other games pulls us from SHs from time to time, but you just have to come back.

After some dark times since the Ubi Romania demise, recently we are treated with Wolfpack, Destroyer command, Crush Depth, Modern Naval warfare, etc.
I still remember buying SH5 DVD copy right off the ebay and installing it, immediately let down by its quality... I can't believe we subsimmers are pampered by such great sims on the horizons.

Subsim community and contributors like you and bstanko6 is the only thread that held us together, and subsimmers like myself are forever in your debt.

Again, happy new year!

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01-01-22, 07:36 AM	#3
John Pancoast Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Minnysoda Posts: 3,211 Downloads: 501 Uploads: 4	Here's some general info. on one type of British mt boat. Note the asw role with both asdic and depth charges. __________________ "Realistic" is not always GAME-GOOD." - Wave Skipper

01-01-22, 12:20 PM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,057 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! ckwack! nice 10 year silent run! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!