Targets keep unlocking in UZO/periscope

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Originally Posted by bstanko6

Lock is unrealistic

What is "unrealistic" is having one person (you, or me) run every position in the U-boat at the same time. In reality, the man on the periscope (or UZO) would be keeping track of the target while calling out range or bearing, while a second person would note the range and bearing, while a third would enter the range and bearing . . .

So all the lock is doing in taking the place of the man on the periscope (or UZO) in keeping it aimed at the target.