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Old 06-24-17, 10:36 PM   #4
Captain Hammered
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Originally Posted by MKalafatas View Post
This turned out to be excellent advice. Thank you. Bagged three merchants in three attacks during the storm without any visual cues. It is difficult to trust the course/speed estimates without visual confirmation but it must be done.

Accurately guessing the convoy's destination (Toko, Formosa) was hugely beneficial to the calculation of course and speed. In future storms I may just camp within striking distance of an enemy port for this reason.
Excellent, Captain SH4 provides sufficient information to work up a crude TMA on the target. The math can be done but I, for one, am terrible at math and can build up a visual plot instead; it may not be as accurate but when your torpedoes slam into the enemy's bow it's definitely as satisfying.
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