I have fiired my aft torpedoes, but never hit anything. Part of the problem is setting up for the aft shot at ninety degrees of the target's course. If I damage/sink a target I use fore topodoes because I have plenty of them , and it is difficult to get into position for an aft torpedoes attack, especially if the target is moving. I think my difficulty with set up for an attack using aft torpedoes is because all the compass settings are 180 degrees different than in a attack using fore torpedoes, and the ship turning commands when a ship is moving back are reverse of those when when the ship moving ahead. (An aft attack is eqivalent to steering and shootingt while driving a car in reverse. Essentially, everything is backwards.)
I manage to get confused and set up incorrectly for aft shots because of the forgoing. For example if I am in firing positon using fore torpedoes at a true heading of 15 degrees and decide to fire my aft torpedoes at the target, my ship will have to change its course to a true heading of of 195 degrees to get in positon for the aft shot (15 degrees [orrigial course] + 180 degrees [aft firing positon] ). And if the enemy ship is changing cousrse, it can get confusing quickly,. Alternatively, my ship could sail past the target's course to set up for a shot using an aft torpedoe; or, it could sail past the bow or stern of a target, so the aft torpedoes are aimed in its general direction, and then maneuver into aft firing position if I have time.
Is their a simple way to do this? Or do you save the aft torpedoes for emergencies and to finish off damaged target swhere there is time to set up for an aft shot? If I am missing the concept, let me know.
