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Originally Posted by jadervason
sometimes you simply wish to get close to a target to identify with periscope. "You shouldn't kill a man without knowing for sure you ought to." In reality there may be other reasons as well, a submarine may rendezvous with a surface vessel without first giving an exact position, as to maintain the sub's discretion.
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I think this is reasonable only for civilian units. Fast warship can detect you from "good periscope range". Other complication is, you can raise periscope up to 10 kts. So you can't visual track fast target.
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Originally Posted by jadervason
Even still, suppose I am attacking a fast target with a TEST-71 torpedo. Autocrew and fire control does not seem to do a good job launching torpedoes on an intercept course and the TEST-71 has limited ability to catch a 30 knot target from behind
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Even when you attack from bow, your target can turn back.
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Originally Posted by jadervason
To be absolutely sure of killing my target I may wish to draw to within close distance
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TEST-71 have range only 8.1 nmi with max speed. That means, you should be 4-5 nmi before attack fast warship. Do you realy need "interception course" for this kind of attack? I think not.