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Originally Posted by Pappy55
To be honest did the captain have to do all the calculations?
I use my weapon officer... that his his job after all 
and if he misses i can cal him names and slap him :P |
Yes he did on submerged attacks. Take a couple of scenes from das Boot. In one scene the boat is surprised by a Destroyer. The Captain goes to Periscope depth and while peering through the scope calls out by himself and with no help: speed, angle on the bow, bearing, and range.
In another scene, the surface attack, it is the First Watch Officer who looks through the UZO to call out all of the data.
Once the data was called out it would be inputted into the TDC by other crewman. You simulate calling out the data to your TDC operator by clicking the check symbol.
If you don't like a movie for a source the same can be found in the following books:
Iron Coffins
U-Boat Commander
Steel Boats Iron Hearts
Wolf
U-Boats by David Miller
Another Place Another Time
and the list goes on!