A Few Things I Have Wondered About

[Pisces]

Originally Posted by Sheldon

Opening Tubes: While I lay in wait to loose a few torpedoes at a single large target (as an example) I tend to wait until I have an AoB of 5 degrees either way, then I open each of the tubes....

This is not the cause of the delays, but I suspect you misunderstand what AOB means. And when to fire. AOB as it is used in the game is the angle the view direction makes with the target bow, just like seeing someones face from the side. It is not the angle scale you see in the periscope view. That is (relative) bearing. The direction the torpedo turns to (also in relation to the bow like the periscope) is the gyroangle, and it is a digital dial under the notepad, or 2 dials in the F6 TDC page (one crude dial marked in steps of 10 and one showing the unit and fraction degrees; lower right corner). If you want the torpedos to not turn and move straight ahead out of the tubes (gyro angle is 0 or 180) you usually need to fire when the periscope view (showing the desired impact-area) is further away from your bow or aft-side (between 15-5 degrees before passing 0 or 180 degrees). How much exactly depends on the speed of the target and torpedo, but the TDC calculates that itself. Just line up to make 0 or 180 degree gyroangle.