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Old 12-27-06, 05:55 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by joea
Didn't sub skippers (and others too if they could observe) estimate speed by observing the bow wave? In fact some ships had false bow waves painted to confuse subs.
You can estimate the speed, but you can't get more accurate than "slow medium or fast". That's no where near good enough to get a torpedo fireing solution unless you have homing torpedoes.
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