Is the 'report contact' button of any use at all?

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Ahem,I use manual targeting,and when tracking a ship constantly work to keep my UBoat on the practical limit of visibility without being detected.Hope you werent implying that I 'cut corners'? in the game

Not at all.
The thought was, that being able to read OUR (not just your) contact reports sent for every target, would provide US (not just you) with even better information than using the Weapons Officer.
Had that ability been included, it would have provided US an all too easy cheat.

So you see, Paul, the explanation wasn't pointed at you alone, but all of us, myself included.

(Big letters to add stress to a word, as in normal letter writing).