How to shake off escorts in 1944

[Hinrich Schwab]

Originally Posted by Shkval

So bottom line is "attack if you can", and sorry for being boring... how many dc they are carrying? Is number different by type of a destroyer?

The number of depth charges vary between destroyer classes. A good guesstimate is between 36-72. Also, in the later war are Hedgehog ASW mortars. These things throw out a nice ring of death to find your sub and all have impact fuses. A Hedgehog mortar has roughly 12 tubes and most ASW vessels could fire 2-4 volleys.