[Michael Wood]

Originally Posted by propbeanie

Excellent! Glad you like it... Now, I do not know how accurate those lengths are, and @ Michael Wood, the same holds for the Mast Height figures. Whatever is in the game, is what those are. As we've discussed previously, it's what RR likes to call "the fog of war", where the data for the real Recognition Manual was obtained on a given date, let's say July of 1936. To begin with, was the data from then accurate? Second of all, what alterations have been made to the vessel in the interim? Now you're in 1944, using 1936 data. Most of the nations of the world constantly changed the looks of their ships in an attempt to make accurate targeting more difficult. The manuals can't keep up with the change in data, and the game itself definitely can't... - But this is where a mod like OTC can shine, bringing that accuracy to bear for us dum-dums who have issues with manual targetting... I can't even hit docked ships half the time when in manual - which is why you see me use auto while "testing" usually... If I don't have OTC (I know, I know, trig is ~easy~ to comprehend - but I don't even get general math, much less algebra), I have to do a 90 at 1k to up my chances... - I would have made an awful bad sub skipper (and an even worse English Language instructor)

Can't count on periscope observations, eh? Good reason to use active radar or active if no escorts presents for determining speed. Thanks.