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Originally Posted by pythos
Thank you TDW. I changed the course change interval from 45 to 1800. I hope that results in a much more realistic 30 minutes.
That Japanese convoy zig zag is crazy. Or was it for a single or one or two merchants? Thing is this would have resulted in the US getting zero hits on Japanese merchants There is just no way a sub could overhaul the target, while staying out of visual range, submerge, get the solution and fire, AND have the torpedoes reach their target in the time between course changes.
Oh yea it is my understanding as well that British convoys DID not zig zag in the early part of the war. Is there a parameter to adjust for when the tactic starts getting used in the sim?
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30 minutes is a good interval, and make easy get a correct fire solution, but sometimes it not is very useful against a skilled commander.
"November 24, 1999
Attn: The Honorable John W. Warner
Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510
"I hear that your legislature is considering resolutions which would clear the name of the late Charles Butler McVay III, captain of the USS Indianapolis which was sunk on July 30, 1945, by torpedoes fired from the submarine which was under my command.
"I do not understand why Captain McVay was court-martialed. I do not understand why he was convicted on the charge of hazarding his ship by failing to zigzag because I would have been able to launch a successful torpedo attack against his ship whether it had been zigzagging or not.
"I have met may of your brave men who survived the sinking of the Indianapolis. I would like to join them in urging that your national legislature clear their captain's name.
"Our peoples have forgiven each other for that terrible war and its consequences. Perhaps it is time your peoples forgave Captain McVay for the humiliation of his unjust conviction.
Mochitsura Hashimoto
former captain of I-58
Japanese Navy at WWII
Umenomiya Taisha
30 Fukeno Kawa Machi, Umezu
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 615-0921, Japan"