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==Submarines== | ==Submarines== | ||
Operating submarines requires extreme patience, because while devastating since they can launch a spread of four torpedoes in front of them, they are also one of the slowest units in the game. | Operating submarines requires extreme patience, because while devastating since they can launch a spread of four torpedoes in front of them, they are also one of the slowest units in the game. | ||
For those who are attempting to sink a submarine, don't use torpedoes. Torpedoes are too shallow to strike at a submerged submarine. Only depth charges are effective against them. | |||
Destroyer-launched depth charges are effective against submerged subs, but air-dropped depth charges can in fact hit surfaced subs too. Dropping them like a bomb on a surfaced sub causes, in fact, more damage than any kind of bomb or torpedo. A single pair of air-dropped charges is more than enough to sink a completely healthy sub. | |||
Most kinds of bombers can equip depth charges (most notable dive and torpedo bombers) but are the deadliest when equipped on recon planes like the PBY Catalina. Their innate sonar allows them to detect submarines on their own and strike without fear of counterattack, while dive and torpedo bombers rely on another ship's sonar to identify the target. | |||
===Depth Levels=== | ===Depth Levels=== | ||
