U Boat Radar

Bubblehead1980 · 06-22-21, 10:27 PM

Just curious because honestly, fleetboats and PTO is my area of in depth knowledge, learning more and more about U boats and Battle of the Atlantic in depth.

Did U boats not have an air search radar like the SD the US submarines had? Or if had it, did not have it until later in the war? Read about subs being surprised by aircraft on surface in 1943 and my first thought was no air search radar? I know they had METOX RWR but not the same. They did eventually get surface search radar correct?

33lima · 06-23-21, 04:20 PM

https://uboat.net/technical/radar.htm

There's similar info in the Grey Wolves 3 Gold manual, which is a mine of information generally and available as a separate download: http://thegreywolves.com/downloads/

Good luck!

Bubblehead1980 · 06-23-21, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33lima

https://uboat.net/technical/radar.htm

There's similar info in the Grey Wolves 3 Gold manual, which is a mine of information generally and available as a separate download: http://thegreywolves.com/downloads/

Good luck!

Thanks!

06-22-21, 10:27 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,100 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	U Boat Radar Just curious because honestly, fleetboats and PTO is my area of in depth knowledge, learning more and more about U boats and Battle of the Atlantic in depth. Did U boats not have an air search radar like the SD the US submarines had? Or if had it, did not have it until later in the war? Read about subs being surprised by aircraft on surface in 1943 and my first thought was no air search radar? I know they had METOX RWR but not the same. They did eventually get surface search radar correct?

06-23-21, 04:20 PM	#2
33lima Engineer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Belfast, NI Posts: 209 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	https://uboat.net/technical/radar.htm There's similar info in the Grey Wolves 3 Gold manual, which is a mine of information generally and available as a separate download: http://thegreywolves.com/downloads/ Good luck! Last edited by 33lima; 06-23-21 at 04:31 PM.