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Old 06-20-18, 12:14 AM   #10
greyrider
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definition:
Method:

a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one.

there are 360 angles of targets closing on a submarine, then there's 360 angles of going away targets, that's 720 bearings that need to be consistent, but there's also combinations of those angles, so it's more like 360 to the 4th power, or 16,796,160,000 different ways targets can be either closing or going away from the submarine.

in a divergent spread, the idea is to have at least 100 percent coverage over the targets length.

from tfcm:

(d) The total amount of spread used in a salvo may be spoken of in terms of total percentage of target length covered.


total length it said, you will only get that with something that's straight, that implies a ninety degree angle, you say you would use a percent of a 20 degree target, well that's fine, but would you be able to see and aim at the stern, would you be able to aim at it and fire if you can't see it? would you see the midship good enough to aim and fire at that point, aft to forward, or the bow in that almost 17 billion ways a target will present itself?
even by apprearence, your not going to see the whole target in some, and in many, of the angles that they will close or go away, so if you have no point to shoot at, then its not a method, becus methods are consistent.

the ninety degree angle is consistent tho, it never changes, so therefore it could be considered a method.

it's pretty late to read and think about your post right now colonel, ill look at it tomorrow, and let you know. I did write this earlier after thinking this morning of what you posted last night.
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O'Kane, Richard. Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang
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