In reality such tools were used in WWI but in WWII they were outdated. In case of fleetboats the stadimeter was not just capable to find range but AoB too. For finding range they used mast height and displaced the both images verticaly while when finding AoB they used the lenght of the ship and displaced the images horizontaly from bow to stern. Unfortunaly this is not modeled in SH4 we can only displace verticaly for range...
You can however easily find AoB when you know targets course, which is provided by Attack Course Plot when calculating speed. So when you have taken range two times and ask to calculate speed your attack officer will also tell you the course. I.E. "The plot shows a speed of 12 knots, course 140" Now all you have to do is turn the AoB finder until the small ship is showing to 140. Sending to TDC will set it up to the correct AoB. No math and no wizwheel is required.
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