The towed array in the ww2 could be useless.
the warfare sub against sub was nearly inexistent except for surface or periscope attacks,and the homing torpedoes where in the first stages of development.
and the enemy of the u-boat comes from the surface , the array listen below the surface and under termal layers .
also it adds drag in the submarine, perhaps reducing the speed.
is better shutdown the diesel engines and listen with standar hidrophones.
For the surface ships like the destroyers could be interesting but it takes time to deploy and makes impossible attacks runs with deph charges, with risk of blow up the sonar :rotfl:
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