Hunter Depth charge limits?

slupanter · 10-17-09, 05:54 PM

how may depth charges do the destroyers the other ship have or more to the point can they and do they run out?

10-17-09, 06:42 PM

How many varies by ship type and class.

Yes they can run out.

I've nrver used External View or Free Camera, so who carries how many was never an issue for me.

Mopy · 10-17-09, 07:15 PM

In my experience, they usually give up before running out - so quite a few :P

Damo · 10-17-09, 09:57 PM

They do run out yes, but the amount they carry is generally unrealistic, as in too many. And if they do run out but you haven't given them the slip they will still circle around above until they lose you. They did that in real life anyway, as a sub would have to surface after a while due to air / battery supply.

llamaman · 10-17-09, 10:07 PM

I've had two destroyers depth charge me for 5 hours then they just stopped within about 1/2 hour of each other they didn't move away but continued to make their attack runs. I just came to periscope depth and blew them out of the water, very satisfying

slupanter · 10-18-09, 05:57 AM

thanks guys. most classes carried about 80. anyway you charge it?

Did you know that most destroyers when down with so many hands because for the depth charges going off as the ship sank. This was put down to just hit and sunk but when an admirals ship started going down the crew had to turn all the depth charges off and then it became standard procedure.

Iranon · 10-18-09, 06:13 AM

This is quite jarring in the case of fleet destroyers.
Those usually didn't carry more than 50-80 depth charges, so they can keep throwing junk at you for a lot longer in GWX than they should be able to.

Dedicated escort vessels - frigates, corvettes, destroyer escorts - often carried arond 150 depth charges since fighting off submarines was their main job.

TarJak · 10-18-09, 06:26 AM

River class frigates in the Atlantic were equipped with up to 150 DC's but only about 50 in the Pacific. The numbers vary in GWX by the class of escort.

Jimbuna · 10-18-09, 07:25 AM

As a rough average the racks carry approximately 40 each and the K guns 15.

Commander Gizmo · 10-18-09, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

As a rough average the racks carry approximately 40 each and the K guns 15.

If that is the case, that is just 5 volleys with the k's, yea? They seem to fire off three to five at a time on each side. Or was that 15 per side of the k?

10-17-09, 05:54 PM	#1
slupanter Mate Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the sea Posts: 51 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Hunter Depth charge limits? how may depth charges do the destroyers the other ship have or more to the point can they and do they run out? __________________ Bring forth the Deliver U997, Little rusty but she'll do.

10-17-09, 09:57 PM	#4
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	They do run out yes, but the amount they carry is generally unrealistic, as in too many. And if they do run out but you haven't given them the slip they will still circle around above until they lose you. They did that in real life anyway, as a sub would have to surface after a while due to air / battery supply. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

10-18-09, 05:57 AM	#6
slupanter Mate Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the sea Posts: 51 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	thanks guys. most classes carried about 80. anyway you charge it? Did you know that most destroyers when down with so many hands because for the depth charges going off as the ship sank. This was put down to just hit and sunk but when an admirals ship started going down the crew had to turn all the depth charges off and then it became standard procedure. __________________ Bring forth the Deliver U997, Little rusty but she'll do.

10-18-09, 07:25 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	As a rough average the racks carry approximately 40 each and the K guns 15. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-17-09, 06:42 PM	#2
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	How many varies by ship type and class. Yes they can run out. I've nrver used External View or Free Camera, so who carries how many was never an issue for me.

10-17-09, 07:15 PM	#3
Mopy Torpedoman Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 118 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	In my experience, they usually give up before running out - so quite a few :P

10-17-09, 10:07 PM	#5
llamaman Seaman Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cheshire England Posts: 35 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	I've had two destroyers depth charge me for 5 hours then they just stopped within about 1/2 hour of each other they didn't move away but continued to make their attack runs. I just came to periscope depth and blew them out of the water, very satisfying

10-18-09, 06:13 AM	#7
Iranon Loader Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 89 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	This is quite jarring in the case of fleet destroyers. Those usually didn't carry more than 50-80 depth charges, so they can keep throwing junk at you for a lot longer in GWX than they should be able to. Dedicated escort vessels - frigates, corvettes, destroyer escorts - often carried arond 150 depth charges since fighting off submarines was their main job.

10-18-09, 06:26 AM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	River class frigates in the Atlantic were equipped with up to 150 DC's but only about 50 in the Pacific. The numbers vary in GWX by the class of escort.