suggestions for techniques for attacking warships?

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Actually the most tolerant attack for target speed and course is simply firing when the target is at a 90º angle on the bow. Yes, this means the torpedo track angle is aft of the beam, about 100º to 110º, even higher with a high speed target. Intuitively this seems wrong, but World War II analysis shows that this will actually get you more hits.

For which country did analysis show that? Not for the US. Their analysis showed that attacks from ahead yielded the most hits. Firing on an AoB of 90 will mean the torpedo run length is greater than if you fired from ahead for a gyro of zero, meaning the run time is longer and any accumulated data errors will be larger.

In game of course, it doesn't help that all ships have magic brakes and ultra powerful engines for instant acceleration. That tends to spoil a lot of perfectly good shots.