Firing a salvo at multiple targets

Pepe le Moko · 05-07-09, 10:08 PM

Yes the later, i want to be able to fire a torpedo at several ships in a convoy, empty all my tubes then dive and try to escape.

Let's say you plan to launch the torpedos at the main target when it reaches the 0° bearing, right in front of your U-boat and you also want to fire at the ships that are in the same column in the convoy forward and aft of the main target. That means you have to work out the range for all the targets beforehand, right?

For instance, you have worked out that the range for the main target will be 1km and the ships in the column are 500 forward and aft of this main target, you cant launch the torpedos at the main target then pause and find the range for the secondary targets, you have to know this beforehand? If they are in the same column, it probably won't be much different but still...

Now if you want to fire at ships that are in a different lane or column, how do you make it so the torpedos hit their targets, roughly at the same time?

05-07-09, 10:08 PM	#5
Pepe le Moko A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 73 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Yes the later, i want to be able to fire a torpedo at several ships in a convoy, empty all my tubes then dive and try to escape. Let's say you plan to launch the torpedos at the main target when it reaches the 0° bearing, right in front of your U-boat and you also want to fire at the ships that are in the same column in the convoy forward and aft of the main target. That means you have to work out the range for all the targets beforehand, right? For instance, you have worked out that the range for the main target will be 1km and the ships in the column are 500 forward and aft of this main target, you cant launch the torpedos at the main target then pause and find the range for the secondary targets, you have to know this beforehand? If they are in the same column, it probably won't be much different but still... Now if you want to fire at ships that are in a different lane or column, how do you make it so the torpedos hit their targets, roughly at the same time?