Question: range?

Puster Bill · 06-05-07, 07:27 PM

The farther you are from a target, the less accurate your range will be. This is true in the game, and it was also true in real life.

Quite frankly, if you are tracking a target that far out, it doesn't really matter if your ranges are spot on, as you couldn't hit it that far away anyway.

What I do is I get a preliminary solution as soon as possible, and use that to figure my intercept course. When I get closer, I refine the solution until I am confident.

It doesn't always work that way, of course. There is always the target that pops out of the fog at 500 meters, and you have to make a quick snap-shot. But generally I try and run the numbers on them several times before I shoot.

joegrundman · 06-05-07, 10:26 PM

Hi there,

if you are new to the game, I'd probably not start at 100% realism. I'd start much lower and gradually increase the realism, while studying targeting techniques like Fast 90 manual targetting which will quickly get you used to how the TDC works. Consider it your course at submarine school.

The best and most accurate way of obtaining a range is by stadimeter,unless you can use active sonar or radar. With practice this becomes much easier.

As for the 3degree variance method of establishing long ranges, this is for situations where you are underwater and cannot make visual observations due to weather conditions. The whole purpose of that system is to provide estimates for speed, aob and range that are inherently unreliable. However these estimates are very helpful in that they greatly narrow the area in which you expect to find the target when visual contact is made, and also provide you with a limited range of likely AOB's with which you can plan your firing course.

If you have planned your firing course in advance then it is much simpler. once visual contact has been made to swing rapidly onto it and be ready to fire than if you are not in this way prepared.

However the range obained using this 3degree technique is in no way adequate for a firing solution, you must have more accurate periscope ranges before firing.

Finally, I can recommend you build yourself the SACF or the german version, both downloadable from Hitman's filefront account. Also the manual for the SACF is extremely helpful

06-05-07, 07:27 PM	#1
Puster Bill Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: BA8758, or FN33eh for my fellow hams. Posts: 833 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The farther you are from a target, the less accurate your range will be. This is true in the game, and it was also true in real life. Quite frankly, if you are tracking a target that far out, it doesn't really matter if your ranges are spot on, as you couldn't hit it that far away anyway. What I do is I get a preliminary solution as soon as possible, and use that to figure my intercept course. When I get closer, I refine the solution until I am confident. It doesn't always work that way, of course. There is always the target that pops out of the fog at 500 meters, and you have to make a quick snap-shot. But generally I try and run the numbers on them several times before I shoot. __________________ The U-Boat Commander of Love

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06-05-07, 10:26 PM	#2
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Hi there, if you are new to the game, I'd probably not start at 100% realism. I'd start much lower and gradually increase the realism, while studying targeting techniques like Fast 90 manual targetting which will quickly get you used to how the TDC works. Consider it your course at submarine school. The best and most accurate way of obtaining a range is by stadimeter,unless you can use active sonar or radar. With practice this becomes much easier. As for the 3degree variance method of establishing long ranges, this is for situations where you are underwater and cannot make visual observations due to weather conditions. The whole purpose of that system is to provide estimates for speed, aob and range that are inherently unreliable. However these estimates are very helpful in that they greatly narrow the area in which you expect to find the target when visual contact is made, and also provide you with a limited range of likely AOB's with which you can plan your firing course. If you have planned your firing course in advance then it is much simpler. once visual contact has been made to swing rapidly onto it and be ready to fire than if you are not in this way prepared. However the range obained using this 3degree technique is in no way adequate for a firing solution, you must have more accurate periscope ranges before firing. Finally, I can recommend you build yourself the SACF or the german version, both downloadable from Hitman's filefront account. Also the manual for the SACF is extremely helpful