Late War Weapon

[Kapitän Cremer]

Traditionally there were 2 effective weapons against the u-boat while it was submerged...The DC and the hedgehogs....

However many people are not aware of the weapon the British developed in the beginning of 1945.

You all know of the basic principle of the hedgehogs....Mass ordinance that was shot out and only detonated upon impact with the u-boat

One of the most succesful u-boat commanders of WW2, named Peter Cremer, called the hedgehog fingers that was trying to touch the boat....

Peter Cremers old boat, U333, were dispatched to Irish sea as he himself got one of the new type XXI boats back in Germany.
The U333 met their ends at the hands of this new weapon.
Same basic principle as the hedgehog, only the difference that it did not incorporate hedgehog ammo, but DC's instead, in a smaller, but extremely powerful version.....

This powerful new weapon was dubbed "The Squid" by the British navy.

Peter Cremer compared this new weapon with his old statement , regarding the hedgehogs, as "A thight Fist hammering through the water and smashing into the u-boat.

As for the effectivness of this weapon, there is hardly no documentation, but the U333 met a violent end....

This concludes this little history lesson....
If you wan't to read a good book about the war in the Atlantic, Read "U333" by Peter Cremer.

PS. sorry if I made to many spelling errors