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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
You really think so? In real life aircraft were a submarine's worst nightmare. More than twice as many u-boats were sunk by aircraft as aircraft were shot down by u-boats. Another factor is that one hole in the pressure hull and your u-boat is now a fairly slow surface gunboat, with nowhere to hide.
http://uboat.net/allies/aircraft/index.html
Trust me, doing it in a game is nothing like doing it in real life. |
A u-boat only had armor on the bridge (little more than 1/2") and no dedicated hull armor to protect the pressure hull. Planes could take a pretty severe beating (even large bombers) and still make it back to the airfield and land.
I think you mean that twice as many u-boats were sunk by aircraft than by surface ships?