snorkel

duke121005 · 05-14-07, 06:01 PM

Do U.S. boats have snorkels? Even at depth less than 60 my batteries go down. Do i need to be going a certain speed for snorkels to work?

Strikor · 05-14-07, 06:14 PM

No, they didn't have them.

Ducimus · 05-14-07, 07:20 PM

Nor did they really need them

duke121005 · 05-15-07, 12:47 AM

How are you supposed to sneak into places without a snorkel? Also, justi n general hwo do you find merchant shipping? I get those occasional reports on the radio but im never in position to get them, or they seem to vary from there course. Do the U.S. boats have radar? I can't seem to get it to work. Only the first two buttons in the radar station are lit and the rest are always grayed (i'm surfaced, not sure if i need to do something else to get them to work).

duke121005 · 05-15-07, 01:10 AM

Just seems i spend so much time looking for **** on patrol that I don't have enough fuel to do much of anything.

FritzHeinz · 05-15-07, 02:26 AM

Hi mate,

You could try to patrol at 30m depth, because you sonar will not pick up any sound while you are surfaced.

Happy hunting

Ducimus · 05-15-07, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by duke121005

Do the U.S. boats have radar?

Thats precisley why I say US boats didn't need a snorkel. One of the biggest contributers to the success of american sub operations in the pacific was the technilogical advantage of radar they enjoyed. Japan, like germany, was a bit behind the technological curve on this.

Hartmann · 05-15-07, 04:22 PM

Radar was an important factor but there are two more:

aircraft number if compared with allied in atlantic
the scenario differences, more difficult make an effective air cover.

05-14-07, 06:01 PM	#1
duke121005 Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	snorkel Do U.S. boats have snorkels? Even at depth less than 60 my batteries go down. Do i need to be going a certain speed for snorkels to work?

05-15-07, 04:22 PM	#8
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Radar was an important factor but there are two more: aircraft number if compared with allied in atlantic the scenario differences, more difficult make an effective air cover. __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

05-14-07, 06:14 PM	#2
Strikor Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 60 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	No, they didn't have them.

05-14-07, 07:20 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Nor did they really need them

05-15-07, 12:47 AM	#4
duke121005 Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	How are you supposed to sneak into places without a snorkel? Also, justi n general hwo do you find merchant shipping? I get those occasional reports on the radio but im never in position to get them, or they seem to vary from there course. Do the U.S. boats have radar? I can't seem to get it to work. Only the first two buttons in the radar station are lit and the rest are always grayed (i'm surfaced, not sure if i need to do something else to get them to work).

05-15-07, 01:10 AM	#5
duke121005 Swabbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 7 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Just seems i spend so much time looking for **** on patrol that I don't have enough fuel to do much of anything.

05-15-07, 02:26 AM	#6
FritzHeinz Sailor man Join Date: May 2005 Location: Antartica Posts: 46 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hi mate, You could try to patrol at 30m depth, because you sonar will not pick up any sound while you are surfaced. Happy hunting