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AS · 01-05-07, 07:56 AM

Excuse me, but "take out the escorts first" is really arcade crap and doesn´t belong here.

It is not true that destroyers could spot a U-Boat before the U-Boat could spot them. It was common practice to shadow a convoy for hours, sometimes for DAYS, because this was the way the wolfpack worked: one U-Boat shadowing, leading the others to the convoy. It was no problem for U-Boats to shadow convoys without being seen.

Thanks for your replies anyway.

Cheers, AS

01-05-07, 07:56 AM	#5
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Excuse me, but "take out the escorts first" is really arcade crap and doesn´t belong here. It is not true that destroyers could spot a U-Boat before the U-Boat could spot them. It was common practice to shadow a convoy for hours, sometimes for DAYS, because this was the way the wolfpack worked: one U-Boat shadowing, leading the others to the convoy. It was no problem for U-Boats to shadow convoys without being seen. Thanks for your replies anyway. Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)