A Question for History Buffs

sandbag69 · 08-09-06, 05:35 PM

If 2 U-Boats attacked/claimed to attack the same ship and it sank they were awarded a 1/2 kill.

bookworm_020 · 08-09-06, 07:03 PM

You must remember that communication wasn't as good between sub's as other ships. The sub captains were always on the look out for a big ship to sink so if there were a couple of U-boats out there they would offen gun for the same target.

This also happened with US boats in the first mini-wolfpacks they used. Better communication and pre-planning helped reduce cases latter on.

P_Funk · 08-10-06, 11:34 AM

In fact Wolf Packs really for the most part weren't much like packs. They were just a bunch of U-boats attacking the same convoy. They had little to no communication between themselves so there was really no unified strategy for attack. If they had such a thing the packs might have been muchmore successful. Imagine attacking on one flank to draw away the escorts and having 5 others attacking the other flank. But this wasn't possible given the way captains tended operate plus the use of their radios became a homing beacon for escorts given their new "HuffDuff" trackers.

08-09-06, 07:03 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You must remember that communication wasn't as good between sub's as other ships. The sub captains were always on the look out for a big ship to sink so if there were a couple of U-boats out there they would offen gun for the same target. This also happened with US boats in the first mini-wolfpacks they used. Better communication and pre-planning helped reduce cases latter on. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-10-06, 11:34 AM	#3
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	In fact Wolf Packs really for the most part weren't much like packs. They were just a bunch of U-boats attacking the same convoy. They had little to no communication between themselves so there was really no unified strategy for attack. If they had such a thing the packs might have been muchmore successful. Imagine attacking on one flank to draw away the escorts and having 5 others attacking the other flank. But this wasn't possible given the way captains tended operate plus the use of their radios became a homing beacon for escorts given their new "HuffDuff" trackers. __________________

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08-09-06, 05:35 PM	#1
sandbag69 Medic Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 167 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	If 2 U-Boats attacked/claimed to attack the same ship and it sank they were awarded a 1/2 kill.