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I ususally approach my targets on a lead course, having it at around 30-45° (or 330-315°), depending on target speed. When the bearing does not change, I know I'm on the proper intercept course. When closing into firing range, I change course to minimize the gyro angle. At that point, AOB will then usually be in the 45-75° range. The closer the target gets, the more the AOB increases. In any case, I enter what I see. I turn the AOB wheel so that the ship depicted in it has the same facing as the one I see. Then I fire from around 800 yards. I don't remember the last time I missed. It really is not difficult.

Target speed is what can really screw your solution. Range is most unimportant, almost irrelevant for the gyro angle (but becomes important if you use it for speed calculation). AOB is somewhere in the middle, becoming less important the closer the range is (and the lower the AOB is, though this might not be a great advantage because the target will also be "smaller").

Of course, prior to all that I already entered target data in earlier observations and check the validity via the PK relative target bearing output, mostly to gain good target speed. When the bearings match over a prolonged period of time, everything should be fine, so often I only take a last target bearing during the final shooting observation if the bearings drifted from one another only by a small margin before.