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Old 01-08-11, 06:15 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins View Post
What little information we had was for warships and I haven't seen a single record of a submarine encounter where prop counts were used as a speed determination. To do so here, even if it were possible, would be making a simulation into a video game.

What? It IS a video game?
Currently reading Clear the Bridge and O'kane used prop counts extensively. He actually purchased a machine out of his own pocket to make counting the turns easier for the sonar officer before going out on Tangs Fourth patrol (I think it was 4th?)
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