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Old 08-09-12, 10:32 AM   #757
quink99
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Originally Posted by sober View Post
The only thoughts i have on torpedo drift is if we could somehow have tide charts . They dont have to be relevant to ww2 , just take some tide times and date them from 1939 to 1946 . Make the drift variable depending on the tides size and times . You could look up the tides and calculate roughly how much drift you might expect and allow for it . Not to be very accurate though , just a help .
Unless I'm very much mistaking, when in the open ocean away from coastal and harbor tides and currents, for any given area the size of a torpedo's max. range currents and tides, etc., should have no effect as they would equally affect the shooter, the torpedo, and the target.
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