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Looking through Wikipedia, MG42's were indeed mounted on U-boats, although seemingly as an unofficial "looks like there's room there, needs more AA guns!" kind of thing. But that's Wikipedia. I'll try to do some more digging...
In the mutually destructive duel between the USS Borie and U-405, crewmembers noted Quote:
![]() In this painting of the battle, MG42's are mounted starboard of and on what appears to be a makeshift platform aft of the 20mm. Note however, that they are in 2 twin mounts. The 88mm had also been blown off prior to the two ships locking together, but this is not shown. Also add in the fact that the crew might have mistaken 34's for 42's.
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