Glad you joined us. You'll like it after awhile but the adjustment is huge. First, the bad news. There is no salvo with American submarines. Their top-secret (shhhhhh!) magnetic exploders had a nasty habit of setting each other off when they were in close proximity like.....can you say........salvo?
So American procedure was to fire torpedoes about five to eight seconds apart to avoid premature booms. They got premature booms anyway, along with circle runners, lousy depth control and contact detonators that didn't work when encountering an enemy at a perfect 90º angle. Other than that everything is fine here.
Your spread adjustment is global. It applies to all torpedo tubes and must be reset for each shot in number of degrees left or right of the aiming point. In five to eight seconds you have plenty of time.
The American TDC is a new kind of animal. It has its good points, like it can track a target, and so long as it does not change course or speed you can even shoot with the scope down and sink 'em. It has its bad points like being American it is very persnickedy (technical term) and intolerant of small errors.
Let me point you to WernerSobe's Advanced School of Submarine Attack Tactics,
WASSAT
He has some movies, two on how to use the American Torpedo Data Computer and Position Keeper and a bonus tutorial on sonar only targeting that you just have to try! His links might not work, so try
my links. Also, if you get homesick for U-boat tactics, I have come up with the
Dick O'Kane attack technique that will seem very familiar to you although the details of how you get the job done are different.
Welcome aboard. You'll like it here. Our boats are air conditioned and if you know how to ask you can get an ice cream maker installed in the conning tower. Submarining will never be the same again!
