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Originally Posted by duelen
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
This is how I do it. I get distance and AOB. I then guess on the speed. I click the PK. If the PK shows AOB changing to fast as to what my scope is showing, I know my speed is off....either fast or slow depending how the AOB has changed since first input. I adjust the speed until the PK shows AOB not changing as I progress towards the target. In other words, if my PK AOB does not change I know I have the speed down to actual speed.
Another way to explain. If I show the AOB at 90 degrees. speed 8kts and feed this to the PK I watch actual scope and PK movements. If the AOB starts to move higher than 90 degrees yet my scope still shows me at 90 degrees then I know I have judged the speed to fast. I drop it a kt or two and watch it again. Once that AOB stays consistent with what I see I know my speed is correct.
That is how I do it anyway. I use the time piece to determine when dinner will be ready  |
are you looking at the top or bottom dial on the PK? not sure what they represent as I dont know how to check my calculations like osme of you are saying. I mostly look at the attack map |
I only use the attack map to get the track of the target and range. After that it is all scope or TBT. What you look at is the top dial. The top dial represents the AOB that you set. If the top picture starts to change compared to what you see in the scope/TBT then your speed calculation is off. If the AOB starts to change, adjust your input on the speed of target until that top picture representing AOB on the target does not change relative to what you see in the scope/TBT. This is the hardest to find but the most critical piece of the puzzle...IMHO. Do not fire until you are 1000-1500 yards away.
I just used this method and my two torpedos hit in the exact same spot. I started my target at 8kts(rough seas slow the targets). May AOB set started to move ahead of what it should have been. I adjusted speed on the TDC to 7kts. My AOB on the TDC looked and stayed just like I see from my scope. These observations took over 5 minutes. Constant change and updating until the PK is dead on to what is happening in my scope view. Once your are dead on, then sit back and wait for the moment. These calculations are slow and methodical. The race is not won by the swift in submarines. I was dead on at 7kts. The rest was just lessening the distance to 1000 yards and I let them fly. Two hit and one prematured. 7100 tons sunk
Not the most scientific but it works.
When you are in the attack mode....slow yourself down and plan your work and work your plan. I get excited and want it all to happen fast but I have to slow myself down and take as many observations that I can without being spotted.