A few questions regarding Range Finding

BasilY · 12-26-08, 05:50 PM

I have done 100% on GWX for some time now, and was pretty good with the target data inputs. But some questions remained the practicality the SH3 method in real world combat situation.

1. In SH3/GWX, your WO will give you a good range to target while on the surface (within 100 meters). Did he use optical range finders? (like those used in Surveying?) Is it installed on the UZO?

2. When you are observing the target using the periscope, SH3 advise the use of pause when measuring the height of the target from water line (and that's on a wide screen monitor most of us have). How will a real world captain, observing a moving target thru a small periscope viewer on a tossing boat, measure the height of a target with any degree of acuracy?

2a. If the method (as praticed in SH3 100%) was used by real world captains, how exactly did they do it?

3. If not, do they use optical range findings adopted for use in periscopes? And this wil make sense too. If the boat is stationary, (mine is, while observing) two observations, 3 minutes apart, each with heading and range with define a triangle, giving you the length of the third side (thereby the speed of your target and the AOB as well)

So really, how do real uboat skippers do it? Your inputs are appreciated.

12-26-08, 05:50 PM	#1
BasilY Weps Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 359 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	A few questions regarding Range Finding I have done 100% on GWX for some time now, and was pretty good with the target data inputs. But some questions remained the practicality the SH3 method in real world combat situation. 1. In SH3/GWX, your WO will give you a good range to target while on the surface (within 100 meters). Did he use optical range finders? (like those used in Surveying?) Is it installed on the UZO? 2. When you are observing the target using the periscope, SH3 advise the use of pause when measuring the height of the target from water line (and that's on a wide screen monitor most of us have). How will a real world captain, observing a moving target thru a small periscope viewer on a tossing boat, measure the height of a target with any degree of acuracy? 2a. If the method (as praticed in SH3 100%) was used by real world captains, how exactly did they do it? 3. If not, do they use optical range findings adopted for use in periscopes? And this wil make sense too. If the boat is stationary, (mine is, while observing) two observations, 3 minutes apart, each with heading and range with define a triangle, giving you the length of the third side (thereby the speed of your target and the AOB as well) So really, how do real uboat skippers do it? Your inputs are appreciated. Last edited by BasilY; 12-26-08 at 06:21 PM.