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Wildcat · 05-03-06, 10:05 PM

It's actually really simple, it's a very nice tool to use for attacks on surface ships..

Basically, raise the scope, zoom in on your target so it's nice and big. Next, get the center crosshairs in the middle of the target. It's actually not so important to get the vertical line lined up, but the horizontal line should be lined up with the waterline on the target. Now mark the contact and take a photo of it.

Go into the identification area in the periscope screen and determine the ship type and approximate angle. Now what you need to do is move one of the sides of the stadimeter so that the waterline on one side matches up with the top of the mast on the other side.

Once you've done that you'll have a fairly accurate solution. The more you zoomed in to take your picture, the more accurate your stadimeter estimate will be. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you line up the actual waterline on the hull of the target with the top of the mast. So if your periscope's horizontal reference line was off a little, that is fine, as long as you line up the waterline manually with the top of the mast, it will be accurate.

Generally you will have already gotten your contact on sonar, but the periscope is a good way to cross reference. If you want to do it old school style, you can forget about your sonar and just use some old fashioned uboat tactics (They can be found in the SH2 forums I'm sure.) for determining speed and generating a tma solution or best bearing to make a snapshot.

05-03-06, 10:05 PM	#2
Wildcat Engineer Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 215 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	It's actually really simple, it's a very nice tool to use for attacks on surface ships.. Basically, raise the scope, zoom in on your target so it's nice and big. Next, get the center crosshairs in the middle of the target. It's actually not so important to get the vertical line lined up, but the horizontal line should be lined up with the waterline on the target. Now mark the contact and take a photo of it. Go into the identification area in the periscope screen and determine the ship type and approximate angle. Now what you need to do is move one of the sides of the stadimeter so that the waterline on one side matches up with the top of the mast on the other side. Once you've done that you'll have a fairly accurate solution. The more you zoomed in to take your picture, the more accurate your stadimeter estimate will be. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you line up the actual waterline on the hull of the target with the top of the mast. So if your periscope's horizontal reference line was off a little, that is fine, as long as you line up the waterline manually with the top of the mast, it will be accurate. Generally you will have already gotten your contact on sonar, but the periscope is a good way to cross reference. If you want to do it old school style, you can forget about your sonar and just use some old fashioned uboat tactics (They can be found in the SH2 forums I'm sure.) for determining speed and generating a tma solution or best bearing to make a snapshot.