User Guide

Target Selection List
This drop-down list contains all of the contacts currently designated in the game.The Contact ID
selected in this list is available for assignment to a specific tube as described in Tube Selection
Panel/To assign a contact to a tube below.
Tube Selection Panel
From the Tube Selection Panel contacts are assigned to specific tubes and weapon presets are
entered.The torpedo wire guide controls for the Internal Tubes are also accessed from this panel.
A number represents each of the Akulas eight internal torpedo tubes and six external torpedo
tubes.
NOTE: The Akula has a double-hull construction.The tubes referred to as external tubes are
external to the pressure hull and cannot be reloaded when the sub is underway.The internal
tubes are accessed from within the pressure hull and can be reloaded.
The eight internal tubes consist of four 53 cm tubes numbered 1 through 4 and four 65 cm tubes
numbered 5 through 8.The internal tubes occupy the upper portion of the Tube Selection Panel.
The lower portion of the panel contains the six external tube selectors numbered 1 through 6.
To assign a contact to a tube:
1. Select the desired Contact ID from the Target Selection List or click a contact on the Fire Control
map to automatically select it in the list.
2. Click the number of a tube containing a weapon appropriate for the target.The contact ID
appears below the tube number indicating this contact is now assigned to this tube.
3. Click P below a tube number to display the presets for the weapon. For information on all
presets see Ship Stations/Fire Control Suite/Presets on p. 113
4. When presets are entered click the Launch Panel icon to access the Launcher Controls.
5. Once a torpedo is launched from one of the internal tubes click the W button to display its Wire
Guide Controls.
Torpedo Wire Guide Controls
Once a torpedo is fired, its symbol appears on the Fire Control map.When the weapon enables,
two red lines extend from the torpedo symbol indicating the weapon’s search cone. Until a torpedo
enables, it can be wire-guided.
• Click
W below the desired tube to wire guide the torpedo from that tube.The W is only selectable
if the tube has fired a torpedo that can be wired guided.
Heading: Click the right facing arrow to increment the weapon’s ordered heading. Click the left
facing arrow to decrease the ordered heading.
Enable: Click to enable the weapon before it reaches the enable distance set in the Run To Enable
preset.
Pre-Enable: Click to return an enabled weapon to its pre-enabled state without shutting the
weapon down entirely. If you want to wire guide a weapon that has already enabled, click this
option.The red enable cone disappears.
Shutdown: Click to shut down the weapon entirely.The weapon can not be enabled again if this
option is selected.
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