Mk16 and the blue aiming circle....

jenrick · 07-10-17, 07:36 PM

Hmm I haven't had any issue with that in the '68 campaign, but that was in 1.03 and 1.04. I've busy playing with the more modern boats. In the earlier versions at least I always fired a 3 fish spread (4 if I really wanted to kill it), and usually got 1-2 hits. I don't recall one fish consistently being aft of the target.

One thing I suppose would be that even with a 95% solution, it's still just a best guess of the targets course, speed, and range. So being off is certainly a possibility in the real world. I usually shoot of either a visual sighting, or an active return. You might see if a visual shot against a tender or something with no sonar results in a dead on hit. I'll do some testing in '68 as well, see if something has changed.

-Jenrick

suitednate · 07-10-17, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jenrick

Hmm I haven't had any issue with that in the '68 campaign, but that was in 1.03 and 1.04. I've busy playing with the more modern boats. In the earlier versions at least I always fired a 3 fish spread (4 if I really wanted to kill it), and usually got 1-2 hits. I don't recall one fish consistently being aft of the target.

One thing I suppose would be that even with a 95% solution, it's still just a best guess of the targets course, speed, and range. So being off is certainly a possibility in the real world. I usually shoot of either a visual sighting, or an active return. You might see if a visual shot against a tender or something with no sonar results in a dead on hit. I'll do some testing in '68 as well, see if something has changed.

-Jenrick

Happens with solutions based on periscope/visual data as well. That's how I typically get my solution for surface targets.

caine007 · 07-10-17, 08:28 PM

I haven't really had an issue with them... but I get really, really close with Mk 16's

I do know that if a launch is detected, every ship will increase speed which in the case of warships can be quite a big jump and cause a miss astern. Best to use WWII tactics and launch a spread.

07-10-17, 07:36 PM	#1
jenrick Bosun Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 64 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hmm I haven't had any issue with that in the '68 campaign, but that was in 1.03 and 1.04. I've busy playing with the more modern boats. In the earlier versions at least I always fired a 3 fish spread (4 if I really wanted to kill it), and usually got 1-2 hits. I don't recall one fish consistently being aft of the target. One thing I suppose would be that even with a 95% solution, it's still just a best guess of the targets course, speed, and range. So being off is certainly a possibility in the real world. I usually shoot of either a visual sighting, or an active return. You might see if a visual shot against a tender or something with no sonar results in a dead on hit. I'll do some testing in '68 as well, see if something has changed. -Jenrick

07-10-17, 08:28 PM	#3
caine007 A-ganger Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 72 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I haven't really had an issue with them... but I get really, really close with Mk 16's I do know that if a launch is detected, every ship will increase speed which in the case of warships can be quite a big jump and cause a miss astern. Best to use WWII tactics and launch a spread.