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Originally Posted by tater
For the most part the victim probably never saw it coming, or spotted the enemy too late. The reason the axis was on the recieving end is that their chatty doctrines did them in. They were constantly on the radio, so they were DFed, AND we read their codes. In the case of IJN boats, they were frequently tasked in such a way as to be at some lat/long at noon on a specific date. we put a sub there... BOOM.
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What he said. Subs are so low off the waterline, it's hard at that angle to see an incoming torpedo assuming it's leaving a trail. If it's not, then you haven't really any chance.
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