----------------Hullu Hevonen wrote:Why, do many ships have 124(100) anti-sub range? I have corrected many of these eg. Meko-100A has an surface range of 20-30km, while a sub range of 10-25km, DDH-280 Iroquois has a much longer surface range and a much shorter sub range (30/11). So I realize and accept that the Unit database has errors, no one can make such a big database complete and perfect, but Shouldn't it be obvious that there is VERY few vessels that can fire torpedoes 124km away(100km), the standard of anti sub-ranges are 10-40km. Many subs use the same torpedo tubes as the Ships and they have shorer ranges.
I'm no Popeye the Sailor, and I could be wrong, but I don't belive you can get "every" ships torpedoes to go 100+ km
While not looking at the specific example you use as yet, it most likely is the enhancement in Attack Range that an onboard ASW helicopter has....which usually, if a helo is in the category of a medium helicopter (SH-60 Seahawk, etc.), it will and can safely operate some 100-km
from its parent frigate or destroyer - and can make anti-sub torpedo attacks on its own (or in coordination with one or more frigate/destroyer ships in the area. Smaller ASW helos (SH-2F/G Seasprite and older S-55/58 variants - found on older DD/FF types -
are limited to 35-50-km in general, what at the time was considered "safe" flight operating distances and within the range where coordination with one or more DD/FF types was available to assist in attacks.
As you get back to older WW2 generation and those modernized from the late-40s for ASW missions (Fletcher with Weapon Alfa or Gearings with Trainable Hedgehog - and both with Mk.32 torpedo launchers - the Attack range is determined by the torpedoes available at the time. Ships with just depth charges usually get an attack range of "1".....
hope that helps.