Electric Torpedos and convoys in June 1944...

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Originally Posted by Frederf

The destroyers cheat and will automatically turn on their active sonar if you are inside the contact parameters. It's an old coding flaw that won't be fixed. Use narrow aspect to minimize your active sonar potential and you'll get detected a whole lot less.

Yes. But you have some control of those parameters. Enemy sonar contact parameters are frequently based on your RPM's... I've had unalerted escorts go by me at a thousand yards or less without picking me up many times. Weather is a huge factor.

Originally Posted by Frederf

Do AI ships pick up on the sound of torpedo screws in the water? Do they visibly see shallow running torps even if they are electric?

Maybe and I don't think so. I'm not confident enough to bet the farm on either answer though.