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Old 08-14-11, 01:37 PM   #3239
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Originally Posted by ETsd4 View Post
a+20 = ?
rb = right bearing?
A = 80 meters. For some curious reason that's how U-boats seemed to report depth in their patrol diaries. A + something, or A - something.
rb = relative bearing

(I wrote these notes during the time I played in real time, so I used abbreviations to make them quicker to write. And I do like the style they wrote real U-boat war diaries)
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