Playing over at Wolves at War, we are at the stage of the war where many of the boats are now installing the METOX radar detection device.
One of the fellows complained that when he used METOX he actually had more aircraft attacking him. To quote one of the other players:
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I just found this on the internet (I forgot the website I'll look again for it later).
After Metox had entered service, U-boat crews found that allied aircraft had appeared even more frequently. By early 1943, it was apparent that despite the widespread use of Metox, allied aircraft were appearing too often, and were forcing U-boats to submerge and travel underwater. The German technical intelligence sought to find the reason behind the strange phenomenon, and found that the device itself transmitted a frequency which could be picked up for miles around. This frequency was being used by the allies as a means of homing in on U-boats and on July 31st 1943, Donitz issued a directive that the Metox was to be used sparingly. Later on August 13, interrogation of a British prisoner-of-war confirmed that the Brtish were indeed homing in on Metox signals, which led to the order to ban the use of Metox altogether.
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The site he refers to is:
http://www.uboataces.com/
The big question here is, "Does anyone know if this is modeled into the game?"
Thanks