German TDC

Bubblehead1980 · 06-10-22, 01:30 PM

Started a real career finally...

Started in September 1939...

Sunk a Queen Elizabeth Battleship in two attacks over20+ hours...she was escorting a convoy with three destroyers.

On Second patrol now, have two merchants down by torpedoes, with three torpedoes left. I've had misses but also premature explosions and suspected deep runners.

I've had some misses though, which upon analysis are attributed to issue with proper final firing bearing. I've got the speed (metric system took time to adjust to for plotting) but the weakness is the final firing bearing with german TDC.

In the US TDC, you place the crosshairs on desired impact point, send final bearing to TDC and fire torpedo, send updated bearing, fire again and so forth or place on middle or target, send bearing. Wait for five seconds, fire, wait, fire. The TDC updates the bearing constantly, the advantage of the position keeper on US TDC.

With German TDC. What is the best way to fire on final bearing for accuracy? To lock in that final bearing.

06-10-22, 01:30 PM	#7
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,182 Downloads: 621 Uploads: 44	Started a real career finally... Started in September 1939... Sunk a Queen Elizabeth Battleship in two attacks over20+ hours...she was escorting a convoy with three destroyers. On Second patrol now, have two merchants down by torpedoes, with three torpedoes left. I've had misses but also premature explosions and suspected deep runners. I've had some misses though, which upon analysis are attributed to issue with proper final firing bearing. I've got the speed (metric system took time to adjust to for plotting) but the weakness is the final firing bearing with german TDC. In the US TDC, you place the crosshairs on desired impact point, send final bearing to TDC and fire torpedo, send updated bearing, fire again and so forth or place on middle or target, send bearing. Wait for five seconds, fire, wait, fire. The TDC updates the bearing constantly, the advantage of the position keeper on US TDC. With German TDC. What is the best way to fire on final bearing for accuracy? To lock in that final bearing.