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Originally Posted by BigWalleye
A relevant quote:
"In the standard operating mode, after entering the target data by means of the knobs, the calculator (taking into account the current target bearing transmitted from the periscope/UZO and own course received from the gyro-compass) automatically calculated the torpedo triangle solution and the torpedo salvo spread angle." (emphasis added)
I have not found similar detailed analysis of the operation of earlier TVR's, but this source definitely claims that the S3 received target bearing and submarine heading data automatically. Perhaps your source refers to an earlier version. IAC, I would appreciate if you could post the reference. Thanks.
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You read it wrong. Your quote doesn't say "automatically sent" it says "automatically calculated." And it says "current target bearing transmitted," which begs the question "Transmitted how?" It could be from the periscope directly, very, very unlikely considering the primitive nature of the U-boat compared to the fleet submarine, or, vastly more likely, transmitted manually and then entered manually or entered manually by an orderly at the scope.
So your quote is conclusively inconclusive on the question at hand.
