I would like to add to the discussion that, with all due respect, I really doubt many people can achieve 150k tonnage
with the WO assistance, or stay in a 500m radius of a black swan for more than a few seconds, let alone sink it in a trivial fashion.
Reading some of the statements, I have to say that non-manual targetting does not trivialize anything other than the fact that it requires yet more time in a situation where you're already juggling with enough apples. When you sink convoy escorts you have to establish a plan first of all, intercept and position yourself while observing them closely, ensure you're perfectly stealthed, time it with the pathing routines of the escort and then sink it, and even then (with non-manual targetting) it's way too risky due to there being multiple escorts. Sometimes you shadow it for days and keep disengaging/re-engaging if taking out the escorts is too risky.
My point is; There are always a lot of critically important things going on that require your constant focus, devotion and skills. And like I said, try achieving 150k tonnage without manual targetting, you'll find that the reality is far from how you've put it, i.e., mere clicking of a red button.
I don't recall preparing torpedo solutions was even an issue historically. Atleast I've yet to come across such an account. But it's the hardcore simulation person's thing, the extra topping, the flavor you like. Enjoy it to the hilt but please don't get carried away. So yes, let's have some mutual acknowledgement and let's not make overstatements.
