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Lokisaga · 11-04-14, 06:01 PM

Uboat.net has no records of such an event under "U-boat Successes Against Aircraft," but it does have a story about a u-boat shooting down a Soviet plane with its deck gun under the entry about deck guns, in the section about unusual feats of gunnery, "An excellent hit was landed by U-242 on 10 Oct, 1944 when it shot down a Russian aircraft with her 8,8cm deck gun!" This article doesn't cite any sources, so I'm still skeptical. For all of the reasons that others have stated above, the deck gun made an abominable anti-aircraft weapon. I think some people might be, at first glance, confusing it with the Wehrmacht's famous anti-aircraft and anti-armor 88mm, but the two guns have almost nothing in common.

The article is here: http://www.uboat.net/technical/guns.htm.

11-04-14, 06:01 PM	#11
Lokisaga Seaman Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 39 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Uboat.net has no records of such an event under "U-boat Successes Against Aircraft," but it does have a story about a u-boat shooting down a Soviet plane with its deck gun under the entry about deck guns, in the section about unusual feats of gunnery, "An excellent hit was landed by U-242 on 10 Oct, 1944 when it shot down a Russian aircraft with her 8,8cm deck gun!" This article doesn't cite any sources, so I'm still skeptical. For all of the reasons that others have stated above, the deck gun made an abominable anti-aircraft weapon. I think some people might be, at first glance, confusing it with the Wehrmacht's famous anti-aircraft and anti-armor 88mm, but the two guns have almost nothing in common. The article is here: http://www.uboat.net/technical/guns.htm. Last edited by Lokisaga; 11-07-14 at 06:08 AM.