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Originally Posted by XanderF
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Originally Posted by Puster Bill
I haven't read anything in the literature suggesting that the Germans knew about FIDO, even though they *SHOULD* have known, or at least suspected.
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At the point in the war where the Allies started using FIDO (mid-year 1943), Nazi Germany had substantially larger issues to worry about. And given only 264 attacks with it during the entire war compared to the literally TENS of thousands of depth charges deployed, and thousands of 'squid' and 'hedgehog' deploys....I mean, there were more sorties from Germany's Me-262 jet aircraft, and we all know how big a difference THAT (failed to) make. |
Besides that it was doctrine to only use FIDO's in deep water away from shallows or a coastline in order to avoid a dud falling into German hands. They -literally- never knew what hit them.