DW Subs - which is the quietest?

[spearman_uk]

Which sub is the quietest, but is this correct historically?
I have read some stuff (on SUBSIM.com) about the Improved Akulas being quieter than the seawolf.



Here's the link to the article.
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/akula2.html

[TLAM Strike]

That article is very out of date and filled with incorrect analysts. It uses the term Nixie when it describes a MOSS, says the Akula II has VLS tubes, SET 65 torpedoes can take down a carrier one shot. But it is correct that submarines do generate extra noise in peacetime to give the other side a false signature.

[spearman_uk]

Ok, so which platform is quietest in the game?

[TLAM Strike]

Well I don't know about the stock game but in Lwami realism mod 3.00b the Collins is the quietst (to four knots) and the SW and Kilo Imp are tied at 1 knot. At four to nine knots the Collins and SW are tied then Collins gets louder.

[LuftWolf]

Don't forget about the Ohio's! :wink:

They are in the range of the SW and Collins at all speeds, around one or two points off if I remember correctly.

Also, the Japanese Harushio is between the Collins and the Kilo Improved in terms of quieting at all speeds. I can check the exact figures when I get home. :smile:

[LuftWolf]

In the stock game, the Kilo Improved is the quietest by a long shot, followed by the Kilo, and then the SW.

The Ohio's, Collins, Harushios and just about every other non-playable subs are way way too loud in the stock database. Honestly, the stock Passive Sound Level assignments are a bit of a mess... I mean, mystery. :soapbox::gdamnit: :censored: :damnit:

[TLAM Strike]

Don't forget about the Ohio's! :wink:

They are in the range of the SW and Collins at all speeds, around one or two points off if I remember correctly.

Also, the Japanese Harushio is between the Collins and the Kilo Improved in terms of quieting at all speeds. I can check the exact figures when I get home. :smile: Those boats where not on the little SL graph that came with the mod. :wink:

[Furia]

Sadly the FFG is not the quietest boat, that even being docked at harbour and the crew on leave, it makes more noise than a heavy metal group on a life concert and can be detected using a Japanese WWII hydrophone set from 15 NM :damnit:
:soapbox:
:mob:

[LuftWolf]

The FFG gets better in LWAMI, no? :wink: