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Old 12-05-09, 05:02 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Nisgeis View Post
For which country did analysis show that? Not for the US. Their analysis showed that attacks from ahead yielded the most hits. Firing on an AoB of 90 will mean the torpedo run length is greater than if you fired from ahead for a gyro of zero, meaning the run time is longer and any accumulated data errors will be larger.

In game of course, it doesn't help that all ships have magic brakes and ultra powerful engines for instant acceleration. That tends to spoil a lot of perfectly good shots.
You obvisouly failed to read the seminal work in the field entitled, Detailed Analysis of the Successful Attack Runs by Submarines in the Pacific Theater from 1941 - 1945, authored by Rockin Robbins. I am reminded of General Marshall who, after receiving a memo for circulation for the top generals, slipped in photo of a naked pin up. No one said a thing. He said that none of them read the memo.
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