Definition of 'runout bearing'

[3Star]

Actually, definition of 'bearing' at any point in the map.

I look at the settings for a torp, and I see a default bearing of 000, I read that as 'it enters the water, and goes straight forward on whatever bearing it dropped at'.

Or does '000' mean 'due North'? (As if the torp has a compass)

Basically, are bearings in this context relative, or absolute? I can't seem to figure it out from the manual. Is the answer the same for both air-dropped torps, and for snapshot bearings out of subs?

NTM

[TLAM Strike]

000 means due north. Same for all platforms.

[3Star]

Hmm.. looks like the bearing in the binos of the FFG's bridge wings are a relative bearing. 000 = straight forward. More experimentation required, I think.

[TLAM Strike]

Yea the bearing on all lookout platforms (wings, MGs, Bridge) are relititive no true.

[Henson]

True bearing is measured from North (000) to the right all the way up to 359, which is 1 degree left of north.

The binoculars and active sonars on the FFG use the idea of relative bearing, which is measured the same way except that it places the ship's heading at 000.

Example: If a ship is on course 030, and the lookout spots a contact at a relative bearing of 030, the true bearing of the contact (measured from north) is 060.

[3Star]

I know, I'm just irked that the manual doesn't make clear when it refers to bearing in context of relative, or true.

NTM