METOX Detectable by Allied Aircraft

Etienne · 12-19-05, 10:02 AM

Take this with a grain of salt, as I'm going from memory :

Metox was not really detected by allied aircraft. What happened is that the allies were, at the time, changing to another wave length for their radar, a wavelenght that Metox could not detect.

The british pilot was asked if they used Metox to home in on U-boat. He said yes, that the metox radiations could be detected for hundred of miles - He was BSing at a hundred miles an hour, and got lucky that the German believed him.

As far as I know, Metox wasn't used to home in on submarines. It just created a false sense of safety, that the allies, with their now-undetectable radar, capitalized upon.

But you might want to check some sources, just to be sure.

12-19-05, 10:02 AM	#2
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Take this with a grain of salt, as I'm going from memory : Metox was not really detected by allied aircraft. What happened is that the allies were, at the time, changing to another wave length for their radar, a wavelenght that Metox could not detect. The british pilot was asked if they used Metox to home in on U-boat. He said yes, that the metox radiations could be detected for hundred of miles - He was BSing at a hundred miles an hour, and got lucky that the German believed him. As far as I know, Metox wasn't used to home in on submarines. It just created a false sense of safety, that the allies, with their now-undetectable radar, capitalized upon. But you might want to check some sources, just to be sure.