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Originally Posted by bstanko6
I don't believe German torps could travel in a curve and then straighten out, being they were preset gyros.
Firing a torp is no different then a handgun. Trigonometry plays a huge
Role.
If I stand at the range and hold a gun, my hand naturally moves and shakes.
If I pull the trigger, the bullet will travel, and every shake and tremble will throw the trig solution off the greater the distance the bullet travels.
Germans knew this, and ordered their boats to fire under 1000 meters!
Also, setting the gyro on a torp to curve at a greater degree, is like pulling a guns trigger while moving... the degree of error is too great.
This is why we try to get a zero angle every time, to eliminate error.
You are doing a lot of work on this TDC. But I think due to German engineers lack of developing the torp and TDC compared to tanks and planes in WW2, you are better off eliminating error, than solving angle issues.
Torps cost money! Don't be wasteful!
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Thanks for the input but as I stated in the introduction, this topic is solely for the discussion of shots with gyro angles other than zero and as such, any response here like "don't do that" is only making the thread less readable. If you read the page I provided a link to, then you would have known that according to that page, German torpedos, as well as most other torpedos after WWI could indeed turn. This includes the G7a and G7e. Not only were the torpedos capable, but the submariners including German ones, knew about it and knew how to solve it. However, for tactical reasons, only 90 degree gyro settings were used as alternative to zero degree runs.