Can I allow myself to show how I have been hitting from 3500 meters consistently.
1) make sure your at periscope depth by 8k, they will see you any further after that.
2) Get ships course, you should know this by now.
3) Get speed, you should also know this by now.
4) Get range, you should know this by now too.
5) Get ships relative bearing.
Fun math stuff now (I will show only the formulas not the theory).
TDC ALWAYS OFF. You should have the attack map, tdc, firing controls, and the scope in one view.
Ok.
Now if your know your course is 0° and his course is 270° and his relative bearing is 50°, you can do the math for angle on the bow.
So its Target True Bearing + (plus) Ships Course - (minus) 180 = AOB Which in our case is:
50 + 270 - 180 = 140 AOB
Now adjust the range and confirm the speed.
Now if your True Target Bearing is 350°, you would simply minus 10 from the formula as so:
10 - 270 - 180 = 80 AOB
What I do and suspect captains did would be assume the ship held course and plot the perfect solution along his track. Meaning if I know he is going to cross my scope at a certain bearing I could compute for 340° before he even gets there, giving me time to compensate for speed, range and allow for course correction if needed. You could do the math for multiple ships very fast without ever locking a scope or watching the same ship over and over.
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