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Originally Posted by Palidian
I do not see a sub carrying AP rounds, I cannot find anything it however, only HE and star shell. AP involves shooting at armored targets, not a wise choice.
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I agree, but I have seen a source indicating they did carry some AP rounds. A while back there was a similar question involving ammo for u-boats (SH3 of course). In that case the best I could find was Naval Weapons Of World War Two, which for both the 8.8cm and 10.5cm said AP and Illuminating (StarShell) as being for "Destroyers and minesweepers". It didn't say
only those ships, but it did specifically mention them, so I feel safe in saying not for u-boats.
Most sources only give the ammo carried by the guns in general, and most 5" guns and smaller carried a common, or Semi-Armor-Piercing round, not a true AP. This was the case even for destroyers; the famous 5"/38 is listed as having an AP round, but most books I've seen only list AA and HC as being carried. Navweaps.com doesn't list AP for the 5"/25 or 4"/50, but does list it for the 3"/50. Starshell is listed for all rounds, but the question then becomes: yes, there were rounds made for the guns, but were they carried by submarines. I too fail to see what the use for AP would be on a submarine, and I don't even see the use for starshells.