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Old 12-20-21, 07:58 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by dannavy85 View Post
One thing I've tried against enemy boats is closing to "snap fire" a decoy and a Mark 48 diverging away from each other between 15 to 20 degrees then dropping 200 feet if possible. I've fared pretty good with the enemy going after the decoy while I bring the torpedo in for a close activation homing strike. I then spiral dive 400 feet, pop off a sound decoy and 180 out away from the combat action into silent running.
How close do you get before launching the decoy and the torp? And, forgive my newbie knowledge of modern sub warfare, is launching a decoy along with the torpedo standard practice?
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