Hydrophone training

johnno74 · 01-07-07, 06:58 PM

Yeah, but it could be very handy with an acoustic homing torpedo, whatever they are called...

Letum · 01-07-07, 07:23 PM

German skippers in the XXI boats where trained to fire blind. The XXI has very sensitive hydrophones and can fire from 50m depth for this reason.

I've tried it and with help from the active sonar it is very possible. It would be simple with a homing torp!

*edit* of course no XXI boats saw combat so we will never know how effective it would have been.

AS · 01-08-07, 06:30 PM

Yes, but no XXI saw real battle action, so we don´t now if it had worked anyway. By the way, Padfield (War beneath the sea) mentions one successful sonar attack done by a US skipper. He also says that this was most probably the ONLY SUCCESSFULL BLIND SONAR ATTACK in the war that is known.

Cheers, AS

01-07-07, 07:23 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	German skippers in the XXI boats where trained to fire blind. The XXI has very sensitive hydrophones and can fire from 50m depth for this reason. I've tried it and with help from the active sonar it is very possible. It would be simple with a homing torp! edit of course no XXI boats saw combat so we will never know how effective it would have been. __________________

01-08-07, 06:30 PM	#3
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Yes, but no XXI saw real battle action, so we don´t now if it had worked anyway. By the way, Padfield (War beneath the sea) mentions one successful sonar attack done by a US skipper. He also says that this was most probably the ONLY SUCCESSFULL BLIND SONAR ATTACK in the war that is known. Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)

01-07-07, 06:58 PM	#1
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yeah, but it could be very handy with an acoustic homing torpedo, whatever they are called...