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Originally Posted by KaleunMarco
i don't know.
i was paraphrasing the Kaleun from Enemy Below.
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lol - That sir, is younger than me!... lol - but yeah, I was talking about the dude who posted in #1416...
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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
That is the impression I received from my research, one hit by a hedgehog was usually enough to mortally wound it, two would sink it...
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The deeper, the worser for the sub, I'm sure... I mention that "[citation needed]" quote again, since from what I have seen (or NOT seen), is that the U-Boats (and by extension, the BdU) had no idea what was taking them out. Mum's the word was SOP. Dunno fershure though, of course. My dad was a PO1c on LSTs beginning with Leyte Gulf landings, was six years active (WW2 & Korea), and had not heard of hedgehogs until 1955 when he started hanging out with my future uncle, who was a tin can sailor... Probably neither of them knew about the Mark14 issues at the time either... "Didn't concern me, didn't need to know"... lol