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Rockin Robbins · 03-24-08, 07:13 PM

And when it pops its ugly head up there's a PBY waiting to tag it. The very act of firing a torpedo would be death to the Type XXI or Type XVIII. The PBYs had air dropped sonarbuoys and Fidos. I'm sure other weapons would have been quickly developed as well.

The only hope for the Germans would be the old strategy of overwhelming the defenses, and that just wasn't in the cards with their inability to produce these boats in hiding. Production facilities would have been wiped out as quickly as they were built.

I'm afraid the Type XVIII and Type XXI were just a lost hope before they could even be put into service.

03-24-08, 07:13 PM	#10
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,899 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	But a deep diving submarine is harmless And when it pops its ugly head up there's a PBY waiting to tag it. The very act of firing a torpedo would be death to the Type XXI or Type XVIII. The PBYs had air dropped sonarbuoys and Fidos. I'm sure other weapons would have been quickly developed as well. The only hope for the Germans would be the old strategy of overwhelming the defenses, and that just wasn't in the cards with their inability to produce these boats in hiding. Production facilities would have been wiped out as quickly as they were built. I'm afraid the Type XVIII and Type XXI were just a lost hope before they could even be put into service. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS