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Originally Posted by Elphaba
There is a great thread on here: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=229792
which details authentic methods the U-Boot commanders used.
However, in both cases, it relied on getting well ahead of the convoy and lying in wait; the gold standard ideal.
However, what - if any - where the techniques used for shooting at long range or snapshots where you're basically unable due to circumstances to get any real data or recognition, but need to quickly fire and hit? |
Enter the Ausdampfverfahren! I outline that method at the end of the document but basically, you achieve a constant bearing to target (I.e. collision course) over a few minutes, note that bearing and own speed and his eyeballed AOB, and derive his speed:
Own speed x sin(bearing) / sin(AOB)
The bearing change method over a minute is another option, but you need a range at first bearing as well as the other info as above, in which case simply guesstimate the mast height (30-35 is a good avg I think). These methods are a check on the data gleaned from overhauling in my tutorial, but they can be used on a standalone basis in a pinch by all means.