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Originally Posted by Maki4444
Ok another question. I have tried the U-jagd chrono method, I have watched the tutorial, and first I had in sight a small composite freighter, the max speed of which is 13 knots. I use the u-jagd and get 14 knots, so I set the speed to 13 thinking I made a mistake. The torpedo barely hit the back of the ship......
next I was hunting a "convoy" of one small composite and a modern liner. The modern liner's top speed is 17 but the small composite has 13 knots,, since they are in a convoy my guess is that speed is 13 (oh yeah Benno says moving fast, that's how I know the speed isn't 12 or 6 knots).
I use u-jagd 2 times I get a speed of 14 knots......I am really careful when I start and stop the watch. So I fire two torpedos at around 1100m one barely scratches the front of the ship the other one misses......
Any suggestions or something.....anyone?? :/
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It could be that your uboat is slightly turning, or your forward motion in combination with sideways viewing, is messing up your measurement.
1. Make sure your heading/course is constant. Even bobbing around due to wave-action could be enough to mess it up. Submerged should make you more stable.
2. Choose to be at a dead stop (0 knots actual speed),
OR make sure the persicope is looking straight ahead (bearing 0) or to aft (bearing 180) while you are moving forward measuring the time of crossing. This means you should turn your uboat's course to be infront of the target's bow before this all starts.
A complete deadstop is not really realistic because some speed is neccesary for depthkeeping. So the latter option of 2. is more appropriate and reliable.