target recognition at night

She-Wolf · 01-21-12, 10:55 AM

Hello wise ones. I am snooping around Guam, it is midnight and there is an auxiliary sub-chaser tootling around (I am in TMO ). She is a long way away, and it is dark, but if I put maxoptics to maximum zoom I can make out the outlines and identify the craft from the recognition manual, which I duly enter into TDC - but nothing gets written into the ID panel on the Position Keeper pull-out, so I cannot set it up for an attack. Is it because the distance is too great or because it is night?

I ask because I had previously successfully entered the ID of a destroyer around Wake Island, also some distance away at the time of recognition, and subsequently sunk her, but that was in good light.

Nisgeis · 01-21-12, 01:46 PM

Can you lock onto the target, or does it lose lock very quickly?

She-Wolf · 01-21-12, 02:09 PM

it locks with the caption 'poor lock', and it does tend to lose it after a bit, but not instantly

mobucks · 01-21-12, 02:22 PM

you are either too far, too submerged, or it is too dark. change one of those things, and you will get a full lock. If the target is stationary, you don't need to bother with range if you point directly at your target for a zero degree gyro angle shot.

She-Wolf · 01-21-12, 02:42 PM

I guess too far and too dark must be it. I tried just sitting at 120 meters depth with engine off to wait for dawn - but she found me, so have to get close enough in the dark to launch a suprise attack...thank you

Nisgeis · 01-21-12, 02:45 PM

It should work as long as you check to confirm the target in the recognition manual whilst the target is still locked. If it isn't locked, I don't think it saves it. After you've set it I think it remembers it even if you lose lock (been quite a while since I played and even longer using the recognition manual).

01-21-12, 10:55 AM	#1
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	target recognition at night Hello wise ones. I am snooping around Guam, it is midnight and there is an auxiliary sub-chaser tootling around (I am in TMO ). She is a long way away, and it is dark, but if I put maxoptics to maximum zoom I can make out the outlines and identify the craft from the recognition manual, which I duly enter into TDC - but nothing gets written into the ID panel on the Position Keeper pull-out, so I cannot set it up for an attack. Is it because the distance is too great or because it is night? I ask because I had previously successfully entered the ID of a destroyer around Wake Island, also some distance away at the time of recognition, and subsequently sunk her, but that was in good light. __________________

01-21-12, 01:46 PM	#2
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	Can you lock onto the target, or does it lose lock very quickly? __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

01-21-12, 02:09 PM	#3
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	it locks with the caption 'poor lock', and it does tend to lose it after a bit, but not instantly __________________

01-21-12, 02:42 PM	#5
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	I guess too far and too dark must be it. I tried just sitting at 120 meters depth with engine off to wait for dawn - but she found me, so have to get close enough in the dark to launch a suprise attack...thank you __________________

01-21-12, 02:45 PM	#6
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	It should work as long as you check to confirm the target in the recognition manual whilst the target is still locked. If it isn't locked, I don't think it saves it. After you've set it I think it remembers it even if you lose lock (been quite a while since I played and even longer using the recognition manual). __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.

01-21-12, 02:22 PM	#4
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	you are either too far, too submerged, or it is too dark. change one of those things, and you will get a full lock. If the target is stationary, you don't need to bother with range if you point directly at your target for a zero degree gyro angle shot.