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Originally Posted by malspal
Don't know if you got the answer,but it is simple grid referincing.
BE22 is the area on the map. Imagine the area divided by 10 vertical lines and 10 horizontal lines ie 100 small squares.The 34 gives you a more accurate position.
Remember "you have to go across before you go up" a bit like the sex thing!!
So the 3 is the third square across and the 4 is the 4th square up, where they meet is your position.
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Unfortunately this is not correct. The Kriegsmarine grid system is not a coordinate system you know from math classes, it works different. The map is divided into zones (quadrants) named with 2 letter-code. Each zone is then divided into 9 equal size smaller zones, the pattern is like:
Each such zone is divided into 9 smaller zones, and again, and again.
Thus BE22 means: quadrant BE, zone 2, subzone 2, subsubzones 1-9 [all]