[Kirk]

Is there a trick for escaping from a torpedo? And is there a way to find out where the torpedo s without use Truth? Thanks for any help.

[Molon Labe]

The best way to avoid it is to stay outside of its sensor cone. Clear datum immediately after revealing your location or being fired on (which implies that they know your location).

If it does lock onto you...

In the stock game, placing a decoy between you and the torp will do the trick just about every time, since the torp explodes when it hits the decoy. To improve your chances of getting the torp to lock up the decoy, turn across the LOS between the torp and the decoy; this will force the torp sensor to sweep over the decoy when it turns to lead your new course.

With LW/Ami, decoys only attract torps, they don't destroy them, so you must either drop decoys and scoot far enough away that you are out of range when the torp reaches the decoy, or manuever rapidly enough that when the torp passes the decoy you are outside its sensor cone.

As for knowing where they are, you know the same way you know where everything else is--TMA! As a shortcut, you can use UUVs to triangulate the location, either in pairs or with ownship sonar data. If you know the location of the shooter its easy to enter an initial TMA solution which will suffice for a range estimate over the long term, while using sensor data to provide bearing. In intial TMA solution is often easy even when you don't know the location is was fired from, since there's a very good chance you can mark it with two sonar arrays and get a halfway decent triangulation.

[Kapitan]

blue book of submarine ops recomended www.subguru.com on downloads page

evading is simple but it depends on skill and luck i still get killed often mainly because i faulter on a turn or monover a silly mistake kills and i know ive made plenty

[sonar732]

[Mustang]

I'll usually drop an Active shallow, drop an Active Deep go to a depth mid way, throw my sub at flank speed and course to a 90-degree angle on the best guess of the incoming torpedo's bow.

If Truth is on or there is good link Data I'll fire another torpedo at a very slow speed or a UUV and usually they work as good decoys.

[SeaQueen]

[nikimcbee]

[Sonoboy]

I turn directly away from the torpedo when i know I'm going to be locked up, then I drop a decoy, run straight for a few seconds, and then make a 45 degree course change to whichever side. running straight for a few seconds allows the torpedo ample time to lock onto the CM. Then turning to try to get out of its cone.

Then I run perpendicular to the incoming torpedo. At some point in time I will drop another CM, and make another course change down the bearing of where the torpedo originated. This move insures that after the torpedo hits the first CM, it will find the second one before finding you.

If you're really unlucky, and the torpedo has locked onto you after passing the second CM, and if you're up against a human opponent, there is a chance that your enemy will think that he locked himself up with his own torpedo, and might shut it down. Happened with me once.

And if you're really lucky, the enemy sub will be close enough that it will see you on HFAS zooming by, followed by his torpedo that doesn't care what it kills... it's hungry.

[TLAM Strike]

Turn directly at the torpedo and close the distance before it can arm. It’s worked before for me.

[LuftWolf]

[Oberon]

[Scion]

[Kapitan]

its true jonesy even said so and he was sonar

[TLAM Strike]

[sonar732]