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Old 01-19-11, 01:54 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by lhughes41 View Post
is it right to think the commander would not be doing the targeting computer but rather picking target?
The Captain looks through the periscope and the Exec reads the stadimeter and notes the bearing. The Captain focuses the periscope and the Exec notes the range. Together they double-check the calculations. While the Captain does have help, everything depends on him using the periscope properly. If he has the wrong settings then the calculations will be wrong no matter who does them.

The targeting computer is like a modern computer - Garbage In, Garbage Out.
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