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Old 12-22-16, 12:11 PM   #9
Julhelm
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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins View Post
better sonar
That's just not true. The GHG could detect targets out to far greater distance than the JT or WFA were capable of. In fact the Balkon setup was so superior that the USN fitted it with a bearing time recorder and it became the BQR-2 passive set used in all submarines until the Thresher class introduced the spherical array.
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