Opportunity contacts poll

U49 · 09-30-07, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Spies, broken codes and German aircraft sometimes relayed information regarding lone ships.

Same idea for me behind this information.
But especially in the open ocean should the amount be reduced, as that area is probably not well covered.
Neither by spies nor by the Luftwaffe. Maybe resulting information from the B-Dienst (radio intercept)

mrbeast · 09-30-07, 07:46 AM

The B-Dienst operators were very good at intercepting and decyphering Allied radio traffic to discover the locations of ships. Infact its a little known part of the war that the Germans read many Allied messages just as the Allies were reading Axis Enigma traffic. I think one of the reasons that ULTRA intelligence was so well guarded and used only very sparingly was fear that the leaky Allied radio net might give the secret away.

Back on topic I think reducing the number of lone ship radio contacts would probably be a good thing, might reduce tonnage to a more realistic level.

View Poll Results: Reduce opportunity contacts range to visual range?
I'm already doing it this way	6	18.75%
Sounds like a good idea, will give it a try	1	3.13%
No, I like it as it is	19	59.38%
I'm undecided	6	18.75%
Voters: 32. You may not vote on this poll

09-30-07, 07:46 AM	#2
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The B-Dienst operators were very good at intercepting and decyphering Allied radio traffic to discover the locations of ships. Infact its a little known part of the war that the Germans read many Allied messages just as the Allies were reading Axis Enigma traffic. I think one of the reasons that ULTRA intelligence was so well guarded and used only very sparingly was fear that the leaky Allied radio net might give the secret away. Back on topic I think reducing the number of lone ship radio contacts would probably be a good thing, might reduce tonnage to a more realistic level. __________________