The whole thing is VERY interesting speculation from any viewpoint. One thing fascinating about the U-Boats is how they got a large percentage of the utility out of much less technology. We talk about the aspect ratio method of measuring AoB. Of course with radar and good plotting you can measure that really precisely with a protractor.
Without radar, using their OLC Gui (insert German name for the real device here) they could measure AoB just about as precisely without all the technology, but just as quickly! The ingenuity of doing with less is often more admirable than brute force techological assault. But again, we're talking style points here. You really can get 15% better performance for about 300 times the effort and expense. The fleet boat proved it.
From our standpoint it's impossible to not admire the little guy who did 85% of the job with one third of the resources. But they would have died to get that extra 15%, no matter what it cost.
And that is the difference between the U-Boat sailor's view of the situation, if they had had the facts, and ours, safely speculating from the security of our cozy 21st century homes.
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