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ridyard12 · 02-15-08, 06:46 PM

im in the same boat as you so to speak.

for that mission you start off close to the cruiser in broad daylight, something you wouldnt risk in say a campaign without some confidence and skill. this results in little time to react.

anyways:

1. have your sonar man constanly update the target bearing etc with the corresponding button in the sonar panel.

2. up periscope, i.d. the target as the heavy cruiser, making sure u lock periscope to target before sending the mast height, or it wont send properly.

3. use stadmeter to get the range & bearing and send to TDC.

4. guess the speed & AOB for now, based on the sonar opperators target report (his mention of speed i.e. fast, slow or medium) make a judgement based on the target max speed from the recognition manual also.

5. down periscope. use the periscope sparingly as the longer it is up the higher the risk of being spotted; causing target evasive action, and escort attacks.

4. set up torpedoes, including speed, depth and open torpedo doors.

4. pay attention to the sonar opperators target bearing reports, and when the target approaches bearing around 340 up periscope and take another stadmeter range & bearing and send to tdc.

5. click on the speed button and on the top left you will see a watch icon, click this and your crew will work out the target speed and course in degrees from North. (0 degrees would be north, 90 degrees is east etc).

6. send the estimated speed to tdc, then rotate and change the AOB wheel till the target course estimated by your crew shows on the position keeper window upper target wheel (far left panel). the zero on the inner wheel should point to the number on the outer wheel that corresponds to the estimated target course given by your crew.

7. activate the position keeper, update the bearing and range. i usually just update the bearing on its own by just clicking on the send to tdc button, obviously while the target is locked to periscope.

8. check the AOB/target course on the position keeper target wheel has not deviated, from the crew estimate. if so resend the correct value to TDC.

9. down persicope, fire topedoes.

i play with full realism settings and no map contact update, but im still learning. i personally like to plot the target position often on the map, and work out the target course and AOB from that, followed by a comparison with the crews estimates.

comments and criticism welcome.

02-15-08, 06:46 PM	#10
ridyard12 Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	im in the same boat as you so to speak. for that mission you start off close to the cruiser in broad daylight, something you wouldnt risk in say a campaign without some confidence and skill. this results in little time to react. anyways: 1. have your sonar man constanly update the target bearing etc with the corresponding button in the sonar panel. 2. up periscope, i.d. the target as the heavy cruiser, making sure u lock periscope to target before sending the mast height, or it wont send properly. 3. use stadmeter to get the range & bearing and send to TDC. 4. guess the speed & AOB for now, based on the sonar opperators target report (his mention of speed i.e. fast, slow or medium) make a judgement based on the target max speed from the recognition manual also. 5. down periscope. use the periscope sparingly as the longer it is up the higher the risk of being spotted; causing target evasive action, and escort attacks. 4. set up torpedoes, including speed, depth and open torpedo doors. 4. pay attention to the sonar opperators target bearing reports, and when the target approaches bearing around 340 up periscope and take another stadmeter range & bearing and send to tdc. 5. click on the speed button and on the top left you will see a watch icon, click this and your crew will work out the target speed and course in degrees from North. (0 degrees would be north, 90 degrees is east etc). 6. send the estimated speed to tdc, then rotate and change the AOB wheel till the target course estimated by your crew shows on the position keeper window upper target wheel (far left panel). the zero on the inner wheel should point to the number on the outer wheel that corresponds to the estimated target course given by your crew. 7. activate the position keeper, update the bearing and range. i usually just update the bearing on its own by just clicking on the send to tdc button, obviously while the target is locked to periscope. 8. check the AOB/target course on the position keeper target wheel has not deviated, from the crew estimate. if so resend the correct value to TDC. 9. down persicope, fire topedoes. i play with full realism settings and no map contact update, but im still learning. i personally like to plot the target position often on the map, and work out the target course and AOB from that, followed by a comparison with the crews estimates. comments and criticism welcome.