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Old 04-02-16, 03:48 PM   #22
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Just an interesting side note about the decoy systems.

The loss of German U-Boats early in the war caused Hitler to convene a meeting with his commanders in Sept. 1942. Hitler himself had the idea of putting oil and floating debris into a torpedo that would explode and float its contents to the surface, indicating a sinking. Although at first, the idea didn't get off the ground, other ideas like the Hydrogen Bubble Canister did. I'm assuming the Germans had the "Bold" system by early 1943.

Likewise the Americans had a meeting in Dec. 1943 to do the same (no doubt referencing what the Germans had been up to). I would guess a similar decoy system was put into practice, probably early 1944. It's hard to get direct information regarding just when systems like these were introduced.

The stock game may not reference the decoys as accurately as they should when they were put into practice......thus the modded differences with the dates. Some mods having the availability of the decoys more accurately portrayed.
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