Do two 360 visual checks with the periscope, one without magnification, one with, being careful to pick up any relevant details that may catch your eye. If there’s nothing up there, get up to periscope depth quickly, but not above 9 meters (depending on weather conditions).If there is something up there, 20 meters will keep you below their keel and safe from being rammed. First, go up to about 20 meters and do a 360 degree sound check with the hydrophone, moving at a slow speed.It’s your choice, but the point here is not to sacrifice your stealth when surfacing. If at any point you detect something, feel free to hunt it or stay hidden. Going up carefully will also maintain your stealth if anything is detected visually or with your hydrophone. For all you know, there’s something up there waiting for you, or something you hadn’t detected. This is especially true when you’ve been underwater for an extended period or at a deep depth. Not only do higher speeds cause vibration in the periscope to make useless, but the periscope cuts a draft in the water when at higher speeds, spraying water out behind it and giving away your position.Īlways be careful when you surface. Travel at a slow speed when you have your periscope up.Only use it for a little while, as long as it takes to do what you need to do, then bringing it back down again. At short ranges, don’t leave your periscope up.Sure, it the water laps up onto the periscope lens, momentarily blurring your view, but it’s the best way to hide it when you’re close. When you get closer to the enemy 1-2 kilometers or shorter, keep your periscope low enough to be awash in the waves. It creates a higher silhouette and the typical, recognizable shape of a submarine. Do not use the periscope during the day when you’re surfaced.As was mentioned earlier, a periscope is an obvious indication of a submarine, a recognizable silhouette. Even when the ships are out to 5 or 6 kilometers. No matter the case, your periscope is always low when you’re using it. Without a mod, the second point is mostly an immersion and historical accuracy point, but in either case I’ll still move away from where I dived. After you’re submerged, leave the location of the dive. Not only could the enemy possibly have your position at the time of the dive, but sometimes oil can be left behind from the tanks and equipment, because of a residue that lingers in the compressed air tanks used to fill and blow the tanks for diving and surfacing.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |