Visual Detection Ranges..

[High Voltage]

Assuming you are offering the smallest possible profile, at what range can you generally expect your lookouts to spot a contact, say on a perfectly clear day, or at night? :hmm:
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I usually try and determine what heading they're on and try to get ahead of them at flank speed. I then go to PD, 1/3 ahead and listen on hydrophones to confirm they're still there. I have seen some people mark a contact point on the directional vector which goes from your boat to the target, but i hesitate to use this as it is very imprecise in determining range and a few bad marks can throw you completely off.
I am very cautious and hesitate to approach these ships from the side as i have been attacked by destroyers that spotted me despite what i thought was a safe range. As a result i am forced to use a lot of Time compression to "guesstimate" the best spot for me to position myself in an optimal spot. I stay at periscope depth taking hydrophone contacts and peek up my scope every once in a while to get a better mental image of what is going on up above. I DO NOT know exactly when I should be descending to deeper depths and when and how i should come back up to PD.

Let me just clarify that I am quite adept at intercepting map contacts reported to me by radio using Dantonec's excellent tutorial, but it is the final pre-attack positionning I need help with.


I have heard different opinions and methods expressed and am curious to see if there is any sort of consensus.

Keep in mind that this would apply to GWX with 8km visibility and not 16km.

Thank you and Happy Hunting