Thanks for that site Acetoolguy. I think I counted 40 odd boats destroyed by enemy contact and another 18 odd by other means such as sea and mechanical.
What I am finding hard to understand, is that given the above stats, how can some argue that upping the A1 in the game is unrealistic as the IJN were not that good at destroying subs. I think Beery (and I stand to be corrected) for example, argues that the vanilla A1 is correct. That statistically one should have up to 50 patrols for every one 'death screen'.
With a Real loss of over 50 odd subs it would not appear to me that the Pacific theatre of war was a 'walk in the park' for any sub commander and his crew.
To get a really true picture I would be interested to know the total amount of patrols taken and total number of subs that accrued these patrols - anyone know?
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