Tatics advice please: How do I beat active sonar?

Deathblow · 09-16-05, 09:19 AM

So I'm playing a shallow water recon op, Bill Nichols' Belling the Cat, where I monitoring the naval traffic out of Severomorsk. Problem is, a Russian FFL with active sonar blasting is heading straight my way at 35km and closing. Don't want to run, I really need to monitor the SSBN traffic, but I don't want to be detected.

So my question is:
How do I evade its Active sonar? Is my only option to turn the other way and run?
What kindof range does Active sonar have? Will it diffinately have me at 30km? 40km? 60km?
Does the direction of the emitting ship matter? What if I move to 90 degrees from its bow? Will that lessen its chance to acquire?

I've played this mission twice and been blown out of the waters both times

(Darn Russians firing on a sub in internation waters!). I can't just blow the ship outta the water, am I just outta luck? Advice from experienced sub drivers greatly appreciated.

db

09-16-05, 09:19 AM	#1
Deathblow Captain Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 518 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Tatics advice please: How do I beat active sonar? So I'm playing a shallow water recon op, Bill Nichols' Belling the Cat, where I monitoring the naval traffic out of Severomorsk. Problem is, a Russian FFL with active sonar blasting is heading straight my way at 35km and closing. Don't want to run, I really need to monitor the SSBN traffic, but I don't want to be detected. So my question is: How do I evade its Active sonar? Is my only option to turn the other way and run? What kindof range does Active sonar have? Will it diffinately have me at 30km? 40km? 60km? Does the direction of the emitting ship matter? What if I move to 90 degrees from its bow? Will that lessen its chance to acquire? I've played this mission twice and been blown out of the waters both times (Darn Russians firing on a sub in internation waters!). I can't just blow the ship outta the water, am I just outta luck? Advice from experienced sub drivers greatly appreciated. db