Was German radar really this bad?

Bubblehead1980 · 04-02-12, 09:27 PM

It's May 1943(yes Black May) and while en route to patrol off Nova Scotia, encountered a convoy in Grid BD. Since this is my first patrol with radar was hoping it would help but radar man never made a peep, nothing showed up on the map.My watchmen spotted the convoy first, at night.Even when under the 10,000 M range listed in the description, no report.This bugged or nerfed a bit too much in OM or was it this bad? I know the IJN had inferior radar but Germans? Attacked from well outside the screen using FAT torpedos and missed.Anyone have tutorial on how to use them? I think I have it figured out and just didnt get lucky enough to score hits this time. Forced to crash dive after spotted by escort and was depth charged(and possibly hedgehogs, external cam disabled so not sure) for 5 hours.Most determined attack(and accurate, boat did suffer damage, I went t0 220 meters) in my Type IX to get away.

04-02-12, 09:27 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,109 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	Was German radar really this bad? It's May 1943(yes Black May) and while en route to patrol off Nova Scotia, encountered a convoy in Grid BD. Since this is my first patrol with radar was hoping it would help but radar man never made a peep, nothing showed up on the map.My watchmen spotted the convoy first, at night.Even when under the 10,000 M range listed in the description, no report.This bugged or nerfed a bit too much in OM or was it this bad? I know the IJN had inferior radar but Germans? Attacked from well outside the screen using FAT torpedos and missed.Anyone have tutorial on how to use them? I think I have it figured out and just didnt get lucky enough to score hits this time. Forced to crash dive after spotted by escort and was depth charged(and possibly hedgehogs, external cam disabled so not sure) for 5 hours.Most determined attack(and accurate, boat did suffer damage, I went t0 220 meters) in my Type IX to get away.