I don't know much about its function, but I can try to translate 'clockwise':
- White/black: pilot lamp "ready to drop"
- light blue: scale for launching angle and shotangle screen
- red: small rotary knob for torpedo speed setting
- green: outer scale: angle to target (2 times 0 to 18 degrees)
inner scale: (Nautical Miles/Hour) Speed of target
- grey: (starboard) optical indicator for 'angleshot'
- blue: two release buttons for Stb-LT (Steuerbord Luft-Torpedo = starboard air torpedo) and Bb-LT (Backbord Luft-Torpedo = port air torpedo)
- grey: (port) optical indicator for 'angleshot'
- orange: two switches for torpedo running depth settings
(by switching to left or right the running depth was 'programmable' - presettable?)
- yellow: two depth indicators for Stb-LT and Bb-LT running depth
Obviously the angle of attack (of the aircraft) was to be between 0 and 18 degrees. I know there were several different models of LTs available, with different request to speed and altitude (and maybe AOA) for the dropping aircraft. Pattern running LTs were pre-war basics and I know they experimented with kinetic torpedos - simply straight running torpedos without propulsion.
The experimental "Friedensengel" (Angel of Peace) was a kind of cruise missile. An unguided carrier was dropped by the aircraft and released the torpedo close to the watersurface. This way the range of the torpedo was increased significantly and the aircraft could stay out of AA range.
I guess your question would fit into a WWII flight game forum. Maybe you'll find a whizz to tell you more.
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