I am still using Imperial, since it does not feel right using metric in the 40's U.S. Navy.
In my case, using Imperial has had no impact on my shooting, by using the various tools available (i.e. Hitman's guide to determine AOB, 3 min. rule to determine speed, Krupp's rec. manual, 360 plotting wheel), I am getting close to a 100% hit ratio as long as I dont shoot over 1,000 yds.
On the whole imperial/meters feature/bug, I still have problems figuring it out the correct answer, if the game reads yards as meters and all distances are off about 10%, the PK should also give us a speed which is off since it is based on the wrong distance (elementary TMA 101), so wrong distance/speed, when shooting at a target 100-150 yds long which is 1,000+ yds away should result in a large percentage of misses.
However, as noted above I am getting 90-100% hit ratio at 1,000 yds when the correct Imperial range/AOB/speed are fed into the PK, so something does not add up, since I always measure range from the top of the mast as stated in the manual.
The manual states that the measurements on the NAV map have a "fudge" factor built in to simulate RL 1940's conditions, I am wondering if this might not be the answer.
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