SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post

02-25-06, 10:50 PM

I'm not much of a book guy but I sure read a lot of them.

Esp. WW2 subs.

On the US side, I'd say the most important tech was the radar, and then the electric (wakeless) torpedo. Together they gave the captain much more flexibility in his attack methods. The radar made night surface attack much safer and easier to handle. Electric torpedo, with lower speed, is a great ambush weapon when the enemy cannot detect the wake and counter-attack (but you still have to contend with sonar) The sound-homing torp arrived too late in 1945 to be of much effect at all.

For the German side, it's the Wolfpack tactic, then snorkel, IMHO. However I must profess I didn't study the German side much.

02-25-06, 10:50 PM	#6
Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm not much of a book guy but I sure read a lot of them. Esp. WW2 subs. On the US side, I'd say the most important tech was the radar, and then the electric (wakeless) torpedo. Together they gave the captain much more flexibility in his attack methods. The radar made night surface attack much safer and easier to handle. Electric torpedo, with lower speed, is a great ambush weapon when the enemy cannot detect the wake and counter-attack (but you still have to contend with sonar) The sound-homing torp arrived too late in 1945 to be of much effect at all. For the German side, it's the Wolfpack tactic, then snorkel, IMHO. However I must profess I didn't study the German side much.