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Originally Posted by JazzJR
Reinhard Hardegen used the deck gun very often.  And he survived the war and is still living. You could ask him.  |
No need. His story is all over various media.
The vast majority of his tonnage was unarmed merchants off the N. American coast. The deck gun was the obvious choice in those situations.
He was transferred to a school command before the U.S. routinely armed their merchants.