Holy Crap...

TarJak · 08-02-07, 07:07 AM

When (if in my case), you get back to base you get a report that shows hull integrity as well as all the other metrics from the patrol.

Hmmm. Seems someone is a convert.

Glad to see you enjoying the GWX experience HMCS!

STEED · 08-02-07, 07:37 AM

1940 is for kids :p :rotfl:

Try 1944 0r 45

Gezoes · 08-02-07, 09:13 AM

Right on, U-123 was bombed and destroyed in St Nazaire not long ago...

Stupidly, I thought, cool! The Luftwaffe fly-by!

I went down with guns blazing though

Steel_Tomb · 08-02-07, 01:35 PM

You can see how much hull integeraty you had by looking at the patrol report in SHIII commander. My first patrol in a XXI ended with ALL of my sensors destroyed, so fired 3 homing fish in a spread in an act of desperation and steamed back to Bergen. Turns out I ended the patrol with only 13% hull integrity!!

Those tommies won't get me again. Got the damage from a plane which bombed me while I had my schnorkal up. Does it show up on their radar or something???

Penelope_Grey · 08-02-07, 02:07 PM

Shnorkels are able to be detected by radar, while snorkelling its a good idea to raise you observation periscope too. But.... in reality, I don't think snorkelling is a good idea because you are a sitting duck, the plane it not spotted till the last moment and you don't have time to get deeper and you cant fight back as you are underwater.

Puster Bill · 08-02-07, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Shnorkels are able to be detected by radar, while snorkelling its a good idea to raise you observation periscope too. But.... in reality, I don't think snorkelling is a good idea because you are a sitting duck, the plane it not spotted till the last moment and you don't have time to get deeper and you cant fight back as you are underwater.

Traditionally, boats equipped with schnorkels would run on battery submerged for most of a 24 hour period, and then schnorkel for the remaining 3 to 4 hours while recharging the batteries. They would have had to keep a periscope watch in effect during that time, as the diesels would deafen the hydrophones.

This wasn't such a disadvantage for the Type XXI and XXIII boats, with their reasonable submerged speeds, but it severely limited the VII and IX boats. That is because instead of being able to travel at an average of 6 to 10 knots to their operation areas, they were limited to 2 or 3 knots, and up to 6 when snorting. That limits the amount of time they can spend 'on station', due to the limited amount of consumables (mainly food and water: Fuel wasn't really a problem, obviously) they could carry.

Schnorkels were detectable by radar, however tests revealed that detection range was cut in half over a surfaced u-boat. The Kriegsmarine tried to reduce that range even further with anti-radar coatings, and to give adequate warning by placing RADAR detector antennas on the schnorkel.

But I digress. Schnorkelling for only a fraction of the day and remaining on batteries the rest is probably the best strategy from a survival standpoint. I just wish you could assign a Watch Officer to periscope watch!

bigboywooly · 08-02-07, 02:52 PM

Yes
GWX has late war sensors as an additional mod with radar sensors on top of the snorkel

Read the manual

08-02-07, 07:37 AM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	1940 is for kids :p :rotfl: Try 1944 0r 45 __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-02-07, 09:13 AM	#3
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Right on, U-123 was bombed and destroyed in St Nazaire not long ago... Stupidly, I thought, cool! The Luftwaffe fly-by! I went down with guns blazing though __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

08-02-07, 01:35 PM	#4
Steel_Tomb Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cambridgeshire - UK Posts: 1,128 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You can see how much hull integeraty you had by looking at the patrol report in SHIII commander. My first patrol in a XXI ended with ALL of my sensors destroyed, so fired 3 homing fish in a spread in an act of desperation and steamed back to Bergen. Turns out I ended the patrol with only 13% hull integrity!! Those tommies won't get me again. Got the damage from a plane which bombed me while I had my schnorkal up. Does it show up on their radar or something??? __________________ _______________________________________________ System Spec: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz \| 4Gb Corsair XMS2 Dominator DDR2 PC-2 6400 RAM \| XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640mb PCI-E \| Creative X-fi sound card \| 250Gb HDD \| *Rest In Peace Dave, you will be missed.*

08-02-07, 02:07 PM	#5
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Shnorkels are able to be detected by radar, while snorkelling its a good idea to raise you observation periscope too. But.... in reality, I don't think snorkelling is a good idea because you are a sitting duck, the plane it not spotted till the last moment and you don't have time to get deeper and you cant fight back as you are underwater. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

08-02-07, 02:52 PM	#7
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Yes GWX has late war sensors as an additional mod with radar sensors on top of the snorkel Read the manual __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

08-02-07, 07:07 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	When (if in my case), you get back to base you get a report that shows hull integrity as well as all the other metrics from the patrol. Hmmm. Seems someone is a convert. Glad to see you enjoying the GWX experience HMCS!