SH5 Dick'O Kane (DoK) Tutorial

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Originally Posted by Fincuan

1. This is not devised by DoK but based one some of the most basic principles of torpedo usage and proably invented much much earlier. IIRC Rockin Robbins just named it such because he had read in a book that DoK used such method and needed a good name when he wrote the original tutorial.
2. Real US TDC's did have a direct link to the periscope, something which just isn't modelled in SH4.

It's true, the actual method that Dick O'Kane used was not at all like the method presented as the 'Dick O'Kane' method, where it's innacurate, but works because you are close and the gyro angle are small.

Only the TDC mark 4 had a direct link to the periscope bearing, but it was not a direct input, it was for information purposes only. The earlier marks of TDC (like O'Kane had) did not have a direct link to the periscope. The true O'Kane method is to use the TDC to calculate the point of intersection between the periscope's line of sight and the target's track and direct all torpedoes to that point at any given moment. Gyro angle is not a concern.

Well done Aufklarer for posting a tutorial to help people!