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1010101001 · 06-07-17, 03:24 AM

I did not think it would be so bad initially until my 3rd mission.

I had attacked a small replenishment force in an LA submarine as ordered with both of the Grisha frigate escorts getting torpedoed and the Don being obliterated by a harpoon. Unfortunately for me I had been stupid and lost contact with an Alfa submarine. 5 minutes later and its within 3000 yards

. Its safe to say I learnt a lot about torpedo evasion and MOSS decoys particularly how they destroy the tube if launched at high speeds. Meanwhile I try launching several torpedoes at the Alfa with most missing due to the underwater acrobatics I was performing. I finally manage to spot the Alfa using active sonar and find him sitting motionless at 1100ft. The trouble at this point was that 3 enemy torpedoes were following me and a TU95 bear was overhead dropping torpedoes and sonobuoys, After another few minutes of evasion (knuckle forming 101) I fired a torpedo at 400 yards and the Alfa returned the favour, unluckily for him my torpedo hit first and I only had to spend the next 10 minutes shaking off the bear.

I honestly did not think sub v sub combat could be so crazy difficult but so fun and engaging at the same time.

06-07-17, 03:24 AM	#11
1010101001 Nub Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 2 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I did not think it would be so bad initially until my 3rd mission. I had attacked a small replenishment force in an LA submarine as ordered with both of the Grisha frigate escorts getting torpedoed and the Don being obliterated by a harpoon. Unfortunately for me I had been stupid and lost contact with an Alfa submarine. 5 minutes later and its within 3000 yards . Its safe to say I learnt a lot about torpedo evasion and MOSS decoys particularly how they destroy the tube if launched at high speeds. Meanwhile I try launching several torpedoes at the Alfa with most missing due to the underwater acrobatics I was performing. I finally manage to spot the Alfa using active sonar and find him sitting motionless at 1100ft. The trouble at this point was that 3 enemy torpedoes were following me and a TU95 bear was overhead dropping torpedoes and sonobuoys, After another few minutes of evasion (knuckle forming 101) I fired a torpedo at 400 yards and the Alfa returned the favour, unluckily for him my torpedo hit first and I only had to spend the next 10 minutes shaking off the bear. I honestly did not think sub v sub combat could be so crazy difficult but so fun and engaging at the same time.