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Old 04-12-06, 05:46 PM   #5
Heibges
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At a known distance, any object will appear to have a known length. I think each tick on the periscope is equal to 5 mils, but that is really unimportant. We'll just call each tick on the periscope a unit. The following table is for targets on a perpedicular course and a 0°AoB.

........................Range.............1200m... ........600m
C2 Merchant.............................6units....... ..12units
C3 Merchant.............................7units....... ..14units

I had a chart for all ships and ranges, but I accidently threw it away, and have been procrastinating on redoing it.
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