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Originally Posted by Paul Riley
Regarding Metox,i'm not sure,but were'nt the emissions really miniscule,and hard for RAF bomber command/planes/ships to detect?.I havent had this device yet,but know a little about it,as it gave the uboat a few vital seconds to prepare for an incoming aerial attack!  , and also notified the crew that they were being tracked by radar.
It sounds like a very vital piece of equipment to me,better than having nothing!. |
Mexox's emmissions were indeed very weak, and pretty much undetectable, but due to quick thinking on the part of a captured Brit the Germans came to think otherwise, and stopped using it.
http://www.uboat.net/technical/detectors.htm