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Originally Posted by karamazovnew
I wasn't nitpicking, I pointed out what I saw to be a flaw in the technique. To all extents and purposes, you can hit any target from any angle as long as you input good aob+range+speed. The reason why we use the perpendicular approach is mainly to shoot with impact detonators. Plus, it's easy to estimate AOB's. One trick I've used for a while now is to go on a 110 degree intercept course based on estimated AOB. This way, the target's AOB will be a nice 90 degrees when it reaches a relative bearing of 20. Plus you get a much better speed estimation when you can clearly see the broadside of a ship.
But the big flaw is that you can only do this attack with ample preparation. You need to overtake moving away targets and so on. Now, If you're gonna do that, why would you arbitrarily choose the los-bearing in the end? You have a TDC that does it for you, or, if you're using an american sub, you can set it up for a 000 gyro shot and then use printed tables to figure out when to shoot. Navies still use tables for pretty much anything you can think of. Or do as Gutted did and plot your solution way in advance  Estimation and by-the-eye shooting is only done when you don't know a piece of info or the target is moving about wildly. |
I agree, noone is suggesting that you should use DoK above some other methods which as stated in the opening part of the tutorial are more accurate; especially taking into account the German TDC.
It was simply a demonstration of DoK which is a proven method of attack. The fact that other solutions (given the advanced german TDC) are more precise and better suited to a given situation, Some of which have been discussed by Gutted and yourself, dosnt devalue DoK. . I accept that it is a little used method in SH5, but a method none the less.