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Old 01-23-09, 04:15 PM   #17
RoaldLarsen
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Originally Posted by Piggy
Isnt it early/mid 43 that the metox was useless, a giant beacon on allied radar that said... "here I am, here I am, come get me"
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I thought I had read that this was just a ruse planted by the British. While FuMB did emit a signal, the Brits were never able to reliably track it. The real problem was the introduction of centimetric radar.

(But I suppose as German sub commanders we aren't supposed to know that.)
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