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Originally Posted by sublynx
A = 80 meters. For some curious reason that's how U-boats seemed to report depth in their patrol diaries. A + something, or A - something.
rb = relative bearing
(I wrote these notes during the time I played in real time, so I used abbreviations to make them quicker to write. And I do like the style they wrote real U-boat war diaries  ) |
Well you can read the war diary of U-453 here. VII/C sunk near Lisboa (Spain)
and from U-853 Typ IX/C40 was sunk near Rhode Island
Btw: Some wrote also 2A+ A+ were 80 meters. There were no orders how they have to write it. But sometimes they also wrote the real depth not these A+???