[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by razark

You need to know where the ship is going, so you will know where to put the torpedo so that both the ship and torpedo are at that point at the same time. If you know where the target is relative to you and how fast it is moving, you can make a triangle, one leg being the sight line to the target, one being the torpedo travel, and the final being the target's course.



Angle on the bow is just a way of relating the target's course to your position.

well put.

AOB is especially needed for unguided munitions as you need to put the munition in the path of the target in order for it (the munition) to have maximum effectiveness. this became abundantly important during the Pacific submarine theatre when US skippers determined by hard experience that they had more success when shooting from certain angles.

good luck!