Thank you once more, everyone.
I think i got the hang of it now. At least in theory!
If I launch the torpedo before or after the 000 gyroangle, the range won't be the same as entered in the TDC (in the 90AoB method). That is something I didn't realise to take into account previosuly. And in the moment of impact the torp wouldn't anymore hit the target in an angle of 90 degrees.
Now I must ask one thing about the convoys.
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The E-arrows indicate escort ships, so there are two of those. And then there are 9 merchant ships (indicated by the arrows pointing to the right, and the convoys is moving to the right). And there is some space between all the ships indicated by vertical lines.
As i read what all of you said about convoys, i gathered the following:
In a situation as above, I'm suposed to only shoot the 1st deep row of merchants (the ones I underlined)? The furthest ship would cross my 000 gyroangle first, then the second and the nearest last?
And ideally, the torps would hit their targets nearly at the same time. Immediately after that the escorts would be after me.
So the question: is it (in practise) impossible to try to sink any ships from the 2nd or 3rd deep row?
(i.e. if there were only 3 merchants in that convoy, those that are one after another between the 2 escorts, I could only shoot one of them, because there would be no time to wait for the others to cross my 000 gyroangle since the escorts would be too quickly after me)