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Originally Posted by snakedocpl
The stabilized line compensated only change of periscope bearing and change of submarine course. It could do nothing with the speed. To make the target speed most accurate, the speed of own submarine should be relatively small.  |
I'll go over the rest in more detail later, but I would like to know where you're getting that particular piece of information. It's possible that the stabilization mechanism assumed a standard tactical speed (like maybe 2 knots submerged or something). However, it does not say anywhere that I'm seeing that sub speed is not known to the unit. It does specifically say that it is getting data from the ships gyrocompass, which knows ships speed.
@scurvy
You're misreading him on that first quote. He's talking about sub speed, not target speed.