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Old 03-03-10, 07:38 PM   #9
Frederf
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Originally Posted by Able72 View Post
How about an accurate AOB finder instead of a "hmmm, yeah it kinda looks like it might be this angle" dial?
How about a viewable stopwatch and some means to calculate actual ship speed instead of "Hey how fast does it look to be going to you?"
How about we use methods that real German U-boat captains used during the war? Do you know what methods they used? Did you do research? Oh no you didn't because then you'd know that...

They estimated AOB by eye. The estimated speed by bow wake (predominantly).
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