Torpedo evasion techniques

cake5150 · 05-19-11, 04:54 PM

First off, anyone have any tips on successfully evading a homing torpedo? I'm new to this, so assuming a torpedo is approaching from the starboard beam what should my actions be immediately (port or starboard countermeasures, turn directly away or at an angle, flank speed or a fast "quiet" speed)?

To practice, I've been using the wire guidance override in fire control to steer a MK48 back toward me and then attempt to evade it. Is this relatively realistic compared to say if an aircraft dropped on me or another hunter killer launched? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Pisces · 05-20-11, 08:01 AM

I think the popular solution was to first FLANK like your life depends on it. (which it does

) Then turn away from it until it is on a near stern-aspect. (this extends your remaining lifetime as much as possible) Drop an active countermeasure for the appropriate depth. Then turn further putting the torpedo on the other side of your stern, and keep on turning. Eventually your maneuvering brings you into the shadow zone of the active countermeasure. Once the line between you and torpedo passes over the countermeasure, the torpedo seems to lock onto the countermeasure instead. And you're safe for a moment until the torpedo passes through the countermeasure and may re-aquire you. You may have to do this multiple times to get out of harms way. Every time trying to get out of the detection cone. Anyway, at close range this is an art, rather than a technique.

05-19-11, 04:54 PM	#1
cake5150 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Torpedo evasion techniques First off, anyone have any tips on successfully evading a homing torpedo? I'm new to this, so assuming a torpedo is approaching from the starboard beam what should my actions be immediately (port or starboard countermeasures, turn directly away or at an angle, flank speed or a fast "quiet" speed)? To practice, I've been using the wire guidance override in fire control to steer a MK48 back toward me and then attempt to evade it. Is this relatively realistic compared to say if an aircraft dropped on me or another hunter killer launched? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

05-20-11, 08:01 AM	#2
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	I think the popular solution was to first FLANK like your life depends on it. (which it does ) Then turn away from it until it is on a near stern-aspect. (this extends your remaining lifetime as much as possible) Drop an active countermeasure for the appropriate depth. Then turn further putting the torpedo on the other side of your stern, and keep on turning. Eventually your maneuvering brings you into the shadow zone of the active countermeasure. Once the line between you and torpedo passes over the countermeasure, the torpedo seems to lock onto the countermeasure instead. And you're safe for a moment until the torpedo passes through the countermeasure and may re-aquire you. You may have to do this multiple times to get out of harms way. Every time trying to get out of the detection cone. Anyway, at close range this is an art, rather than a technique. __________________ My site downloads: https://ricojansen.nl/downloads