Evasive tactics: easier in real life???

[melnibonian]

Originally Posted by plastik

1. is there ANY possibility of attacking a convoy (at night of course) from the surface without being detected??

Yes you can attack and not be detected if it is total darkness and you manage to avoid the search lights once the fireworks begin. It's a bit difficult though and takes time and experience. In reality U-Boats did attack on the surface at night without being detected.

Originally Posted by plastik

2. if you are within a convoy at shallow depth, do you still have to make the rig for silent running and keep the speed low, or is the AI unrealistic here too?? ie. how fast can you go before they find you??

Inside the convoy you can get away without using the silent running, as long as you keep really close to the merchants. Once the DDs start passing between the lines if you are not using silent running they can find you. It's more difficult than in the open sea but they still do. As long as you stay close or even under the merchants you're safe from the charges but they can still use their guns to fire at you.

Originally Posted by plastik

3. when apprached by a destroyer on ASDIC, the minimum profile is perpendicular to their course??

No the minimum profile is paralel to their course. That way you give less of a target. If you are though inside their cone of search (their sonar) they usually find you

Originally Posted by plastik

many thanks!

You're welcome