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PBYPilot -> PC and SC ASW (5/22/2002 4:12:35 AM)
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As a addendum to the current "ASW" thread, which seems to be concentrating on the effectiveness of aircraft against subs, I'd like to mention my experience of using smaller patrol craft against subs.
It sucks :D
Sent 4 SC's out against a known contact off the south coast of Noumea. Three were sunk by the sub they were hunting. No attacks were delivered by the SC's, no searches were conducted!
Now admittedly, SC's and PC's were not the most effective ASW ships on the sea, in terms of sinking subs. But to lose 3 against a known contact with no searching or counterattacks seems....counterintuitive.
What I think should have happened, in a braod sense, is that the presence of the SC's should have reduced the effectiveness of the sub in that area (hex). They would have forced the sub to stay submerged during the day, and increased the chance of spotting (and thus forceing the sub to dive) at night. "Keeping them down" was the ploy used by both sides.
Another result that seemed "non-prototypical" was tyhat SC's were all sunk with 8 torp spreads. Now what would you do to a sub commander who fired an 8 torp spread against a SC or patrol craft? Additionally, PC's and SC's were nimble, shallow draft vessels that were notoriously hard to sink via torepedos.
So some suggested changes for the patch (I hope) might include:
1) reduced effectiveness of torpedo attacks against small ASW craft;
2) reduced submarine search and attack effectiveness once spotted or in hexes with ASW assets;
and, 3) a specific "ASW" order for surface TF's
Comments or other experiences?
PBYPilot
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