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benetofski · 09-23-05, 10:10 PM

In an ideal situation, a submarine's Kapitan could position his uboat with its bow pointed directly at the side of an unmoving target and fire his torpedoes straight ahead, where they would inevitably hit the target.

In real life, both the uboot and the target are normally moving in different directions, and the captain has to calculate the correct path (angle on bow) that his torpedo will need to follow in order to get a hit.

The TDC (press F6) will enable you to do this manually (or automatically via your weapons officer) and is, in effect, an 'angle' solver!

Hope this helps!

09-23-05, 10:10 PM	#4
benetofski Helmsman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Port Perry, Canada Posts: 106 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In an ideal situation, a submarine's Kapitan could position his uboat with its bow pointed directly at the side of an unmoving target and fire his torpedoes straight ahead, where they would inevitably hit the target. In real life, both the uboot and the target are normally moving in different directions, and the captain has to calculate the correct path (angle on bow) that his torpedo will need to follow in order to get a hit. The TDC (press F6) will enable you to do this manually (or automatically via your weapons officer) and is, in effect, an 'angle' solver! Hope this helps! __________________ OLt.z.S.Benetschik (Benetofski) [IMG][/IMG] \"U-bootwaffe - eine Gemeinschaft zusammengebracht durch Schicksal\"