Advanced TDC School: Multiple target attack

ICBM · 10-23-05, 02:25 PM

Attention class!

I want to spice things up a little.. I'm getting tired with my current tactics, e.g often 'going Rambo' on a convoy. (racing submerged in between the ships abusing the dumb DD pathfinding AI, giving a damn about noise)

I want to atack at least 4 ships wich are not necessary in the same row.....SIMULTANIOUSLY! No 'ship-by-ship & Fire' notebook TDC but calculate most data beforehand and fire all 4+ torps seconds after each other on 4+ different ships.
Oh btw, I also want the targets to be hit as close after each other as possible to have dead accurate midships explosions.

Allready getting a headache?

I allready can atack 2 ships simultaniously using the fast 90 method but things are getting complicated when trying to calculate the desired torp firing order and distance for torps 3 & 4 (heck even 5 and 6 if you are insane enough).

Like this:
Here I've allready taken up an accurate perpendiculair postition in relation to the convoy, waiting for target #1(Lib) to cross my pre set bearing:
As you can see I've setup the atack in such a way that all 4 targets get hit as close to each other as possible, again to have super accurate midship detonations. Also, the distance to the target course line is 800m to minimize the gyro angle as much as possible. (can't be much further, or you will have collumn overlap)

Now comes the tricky part, the 2 dirrerent shipping collums are overlapping each other so to combat that you'd have to open fire before they start obstructing my line of fire, wich result in (perhaps to) high gyro angles.. Also, the torps need to hit there targets very soon after each other before the ships have a change of evading.
The results from this atack was disapointing, I misjudged the distance for torp 1, so torps 2,3 and 4 where still having a long way to go when #1 detonated. The remaining targets manged to evade my torps. Damn..if they hadn't evaded I would have hit hem all!

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Another one:
Is this situation I've taken up a position right in the middle of the 2 shipping collumn (liminating overlapping rows) to put the rear tubes into action, firing at 5 targets at once. The torp firing order is again set up in such a way that all targes get hit soon after another.

The problem with this method is that you will have high gyro angles since the distance is only 400m on each end, and you have to fire lead shots (traveling time) at the collumn leaders.
The result from this was a 2 kill, dunno why the remaning torps missed, probably to high gyro angles.

So far I've only managed to hit 2 ships at once, still looking for the perfect solution..
(ofcourse, every plan depends on what ships are present in the convoy, T2,T3,Trooptrans and libery gargo's have my attention)

Any thoughts on this, or even succesfull 4+ kills stories?

10-23-05, 02:25 PM	#1
ICBM Navy Dude Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Holland. Posts: 175 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Advanced TDC School: Multiple target attack Attention class! I want to spice things up a little.. I'm getting tired with my current tactics, e.g often 'going Rambo' on a convoy. (racing submerged in between the ships abusing the dumb DD pathfinding AI, giving a damn about noise) I want to atack at least 4 ships wich are not necessary in the same row.....SIMULTANIOUSLY! No 'ship-by-ship & Fire' notebook TDC but calculate most data beforehand and fire all 4+ torps seconds after each other on 4+ different ships. Oh btw, I also want the targets to be hit as close after each other as possible to have dead accurate midships explosions. Allready getting a headache? I allready can atack 2 ships simultaniously using the fast 90 method but things are getting complicated when trying to calculate the desired torp firing order and distance for torps 3 & 4 (heck even 5 and 6 if you are insane enough). Like this: Here I've allready taken up an accurate perpendiculair postition in relation to the convoy, waiting for target #1(Lib) to cross my pre set bearing: As you can see I've setup the atack in such a way that all 4 targets get hit as close to each other as possible, again to have super accurate midship detonations. Also, the distance to the target course line is 800m to minimize the gyro angle as much as possible. (can't be much further, or you will have collumn overlap) Now comes the tricky part, the 2 dirrerent shipping collums are overlapping each other so to combat that you'd have to open fire before they start obstructing my line of fire, wich result in (perhaps to) high gyro angles.. Also, the torps need to hit there targets very soon after each other before the ships have a change of evading. The results from this atack was disapointing, I misjudged the distance for torp 1, so torps 2,3 and 4 where still having a long way to go when #1 detonated. The remaining targets manged to evade my torps. Damn..if they hadn't evaded I would have hit hem all! ************** Another one: Is this situation I've taken up a position right in the middle of the 2 shipping collumn (liminating overlapping rows) to put the rear tubes into action, firing at 5 targets at once. The torp firing order is again set up in such a way that all targes get hit soon after another. The problem with this method is that you will have high gyro angles since the distance is only 400m on each end, and you have to fire lead shots (traveling time) at the collumn leaders. The result from this was a 2 kill, dunno why the remaning torps missed, probably to high gyro angles. So far I've only managed to hit 2 ships at once**, still looking for the perfect solution.. (ofcourse, every plan depends on what ships are present in the convoy, T2,T3,Trooptrans and libery gargo's have my attention) Any thoughts on this, or even succesfull 4+ kills stories? __________________