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Originally Posted by 3catcircus
You are conflating the success of WW2 u-boat captains who hit their targets with the lack of success of those who never found any targets to attack or never were able to make an attack to begin with.
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No, you can't read either.
I said: "So, basically, your average u-boat captain sucked. And if you do things the way he did, you'll suck too."
To which BigWallEyed replied: "If Hardegen sucked, and if Endrass and Jenisch and Zapp sucked, then well, I guess I suck too."
This is just proof that BigWallEyed cannot read. There were hundreds if not thousands of u-boat captains. Hardegen was in the top 25, and he was only averaging 3 a patrol.
What was the
average u-boat captain doing? For people, like BigWallEyed, who do not know the meaning of the word "average" it means someone in the middle.
I don't know what the average was doing, because I don't have exact stats. I can, however, grab a few stories and see where that leads us.
U-510: 7 patrols, 11 ships sunk. Involved in 2 wolfpacks.
U-520: Sailed out of Kiel all the way to Newfoundland and got sunk by an aircraft. No victories.
U-530: 7 Patrols. Sank 2 ships. Most eventful patrol: Got rammed by a tanker and had to limp back to port. Rammed... by a f**king
TANKER. Pathetic.
U-540. One patrol. Joined a wolfpack. Sank nothing. Got sunk by airplanes.
U-550. Sailed out of Kiel to Newfoundland. Found a convoy heading for Great Britain from New York. So basically, the ship had the whole Atlantic crossing to plan and set up an attack. Instead, she torpedoed one straggler, got depth charged and sunk. Pathetic.
U-560 No patrols. Moving on...
U-570 Captained by someone with no experience in u-boats. Surfaced directly under an airplane, which depth charged it. They were so shaken by the experience, that they surrendered to an airplane that was out of depth charges. No successes.
U-580. No patrols. Moving on...
U-590. Five patrols. Member of six wolf packs. Sank one ship.
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That, my friend, is your AVERAGE u-boat captain.
So when BigWallEyed says, "Your average u-boat captain didn't do it that way," I just don't see how that's an argument for anything.