4 Bearing method, useless in combat?

[maillemaker]

... Nooo! That's a common misconception. Distance to target being irrelevant is only when the Gyro angle is zero or close to it. If you set yourself up being angled 45 degrees across the track (with AOB set appropriately for the bearing) while still aiming with 0 gyro angle, then it is also irrelevant. 90 degrees across the track only gets you his best broadside, and hence best margin of error for speed estimates. Distance is only irrelevant if the torpedoes do not need to turn. The minimum torpedo arming distance taken aside, that is.

I'm not sure what you are disagreeing with. I said:

"At about 5-10 degrees from zero (depending on the speed of your torpedo setting) the gyroangle will hit zero. This is where you need to aim your periscope regardless of distance to target. That is the nice thing about the 90 degree shot - distance to target is irrelevant.

If you are making a 90 degree attack with gyroangle set to zero, distance is irrelevant.

There may be other attacks where distance is also irrelevant, but I wasn't commenting on those.

Steve