How do mines work - Page 4

TerranC · #31 October 13th, 2002, 04:42 PM

I'd like a Degaussing option.

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One is degaussing, a technique applied to nearly all warships in WW2. In this, the hull of the ship is "wiped" with a high-tension cable that reverses the magnetic field in the hull. This doesn't make the ship "invisible" it flips the mine fuze the wrong way. The effect of a degaussing fades quite quickly so the process has to be repeated regularly. Later many ships had a degaussing cable fitted permanently to them.

Quote taken from www.warships1.com

Taera · #32 October 14th, 2002, 09:20 AM

TerranC: interesting, but mine sweepers dont work this way - they just blow the mines off. In limited capacity, too.

Grandpa Kim · #33 October 14th, 2002, 05:39 PM

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Originally posted by Taera:
umm Grandpa, what is *so* wrong with my idea?

Uhmm... nothing. I love your explanation. :-) But Zoompet's is the right one.

P.S. Check your private Messages.

Kim

Wardad · #34 October 14th, 2002, 08:49 PM

WWII ships also deployed a mine sweeper componant that looked like a rake or a cattle catcher on a old time locamotive.
The mines would hit rake and blow a portion of it off. Eventually it would be pulled up and more steel beams would get welded on.

TerranC · #35 October 14th, 2002, 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Taera:
TerranC: interesting, but mine sweepers dont work this way - they just blow the mines off. In limited capacity, too.

Huh? I'm not sure I understand. I didn't say that I'd like a Degaussing Minsweeping Component, I said that I'd like a degaussing option for ALL ships.

Just like it was done back in the old times.

Skulky · #36 October 15th, 2002, 07:41 AM

How about lower level mines can be detected by high level scanners? then you need to get higher level mines (better cloak) and or better scanners to find the enemy ones?
just a totally out of context thought.

mlmbd · #37 October 15th, 2002, 06:41 PM

Yeah, it is an interesting idea. If you had a degaussing option or a component for ALL ships, then you could make your way through the mine Field(s), without a mine sweeper.

TerranC · #38 October 15th, 2002, 07:10 PM

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Originally posted by mlmbd:
Yeah, it is an interesting idea. If you had a degaussing option or a component for ALL ships, then you could make your way through the mine Field(s), without a mine sweeper.

Well, no, if that was the case, it'd be unbalancing to the game...

And mines would have been useless then and now.

Put in a degaussing component:
And let it uses lots of supplies
And still allow for a random chance of mines hitting the ship.

Also, Create detonators:

Megnetic = Can be deflected by degauss but still could hit
Kinetic = Degaussing is ineffective and a mine sweeper will have to sweep the mines

Taera · #39 October 16th, 2002, 12:36 AM

this'll have to wait till SEV but its a good idea, mail it to MM

TerranC · #40 October 16th, 2002, 02:45 AM

Oh, and another thing; since Magnetic mines of WW2 never hit the ships, rather, it bLasted itself and the shrapnels hit the ship, I wonder if there can be mines that don't destruct, yet, when a ship comes into range, send out a pulse that destroys the ships. The mine would de-energize there, and a ship would come, reenergize it and arm it once more.