'BEARING' help needed please

[Paul Riley]

flag4,

I'll give you a basic rundown of how 'I' perform a manual targeting attack,and am sure lots of others will use and support this.

1 - make sure the manual/auto switch on the TDC is set to green,or manual
2 - all attack data will be needed at this point,range,speed,for angled shots.Zero speed and bearing zero will allow the torpedo to come out straight
3- once you have all data set your torpedos accordingly
4 - now the part you may be having problems with,and its easier than you thought.Make sure the scope is unlocked at this point.If for example you are on the right side of your target and you are at 90 degrees travelling on its course then set the AOB dial to 90 degrees starboard (green).As you read on more you will quickly realise that you dont even need to worry about AOB or bearing as the TDC will update it for you.
If you are on the left side at 90 degrees set it to 90 degrees port (red)
5 - set the bearing dial to 90 or 270 respectively
6 IMPORTANT - now set the TDC switch to auto.This allows the TDC to track your target and update the torpedo release angle for you.
7 - NOW lock your scope to your target.At this point the TDC is primed to attack the target and if released at this point it will be aiming at the centre of the ship,or amidships.
8 - CHOOSING YOUR OWN PARTS TO HIT- If you want to decide where you want to hit a ship simply unlock the scope and fire when the crosshair lies over the section you want to hit,or as I do,set the crosshair at a predefined angle such as 340 or 20 degrees and fire when the ship's targeted area passes through your desired bearing.You also need to make sure you are well ahead of the target in order to have such freedom with your attacks,allowing you to conduct attacks on your terms,and also WHEN you attack,such as waiting until nightfall.At longer ranges you would also want to increase the fire angle to say,300 degrees,because 340 or 20 would be too late and the torpedo would probably bounce off due to the steep angle as it moves further away.
9- FIRING A SALVO - if you want to fire a salvo at specific points on a ship this also is fairly easy to set up.First,line the crosshair on the first section you want to hit,say under the funnel,then if you wanted to target the bow or the foremast/s again line up the crosshair on that section and count the difference in degrees between each section.So if the funnel was at bearing 330,and the foremast at 335 you would set a spread of 5 degrees.Torpedo 1 would travel down the centre towards the funnel,and torpedo 2 would travel at 5 degrees away from torp 1 towards the formast.

That is really all there is to manual targeting,just make sure all your settings are true,the longer you take observations the better,ideally at LEAST 30 mins,then lock the TDC,then lock the scope to the target,and fire away! DONT FORGET TO OPEN THE TUBE/S MINUTES BEFORE FIRING!

Hope this makes things easier for you,it certainly is the way I do it,and have many successes,unless of course you get a dud or premature explosion.