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Originally Posted by Rammstein0991
They sorta DID have that, iirc the Heinkel HE-111 was outfitted with torpedos in coastal torpedo bomber duty and was somewhat successful  |
This is true, and the HE 111 could also carry the remote controlled anti-shipping missile that was in development at the end of the war. The FW 200 Condor also carried bombs and attacked shipping as well. Although after a few Condor's were shot down, that practice stopped (but they did sink 331,122 tonnes of shipping first). It was rare for luftwaffe to attack shipping, but it happened far more often than most people think.
For instance, July 4, 1942 an arctic convoy PQ17 was attacked by U-boats and HE 111's. The U-boats attacked and lured the escorts away and the HE 111H-6 (torpedo variant) and Ju 88 level bombers sank 23 merchants out of 33 that sailed from Ireland.