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Originally Posted by maillemaker
So what sort of nets were the net cutters on the front of u-boats designed to cut through?
Fishing nets?
?
Did they actually work? They certainly don't work in-game! 
Steve |
I don't know of any actual instances of them being used
, but They dropped them by mid war, as they weren't sneaking into any bases, plus to stream-line the boat. But they look cool though. They are a left over from WW1:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/...onipubno32.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_cutter_(submarine)