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les green01 · 12-18-20, 08:40 PM

wondering if anyone has read U-boat Tactics in World War II (Elite) if so is it any good

derstosstrupp · 12-18-20, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by les green01

wondering if anyone has read U-boat Tactics in World War II (Elite) if so is it any good

It’s OK, it has a lot of good information, but I highly question some of the things about actual tactics in there. Some things are quite different than what contemporary sources say. For example, in there they claim that the standard night tactic was to sneak inside the screen underwater and then surface in the convoy, which was certainly not true, at least early war.

It also describes a standard night attack as running up from behind the convoy, which again, I wouldn’t call that standard. Standard was getting forward of the beam and running in on the “dog curve”, bow on target.

So just a little things like that, which I would like to say are minor, but in a book about tactics, I don’t know, it just isn’t quite reflective of the reality as I understand it to have been.

les green01 · 12-18-20, 11:39 PM

[QUOTE=derstosstrupp;2714516]It’s OK, it has a lot of good information, but I highly question some of the things about actual tactics in there. Some things are quite different than what contemporary sources say. For example, in there they claim that the standard night tactic was to sneak inside the screen underwater and then surface in the convoy, which was certainly not true, at least early war.

It also describes a standard night attack as running up from behind the convoy, which again, I wouldn’t call that standard. Standard was getting forward of the beam and running in on the “dog curve”, bow on target.

So just a little things like that, which I would like to say are minor, but in a book about tactics, I don’t know, it just isn’t quite reflective of the reality as I understand it to have been.[/QUOT
thanks i didn't get it but got The Official U-boat Commander's Handbook - The Illustrated Edition and u-boat commander a periscope view battle of the atlantic

derstosstrupp · 12-19-20, 06:22 AM

Also very good choice! For the text of that handbook, there are several errors in the wartime translation, so I would say supplement it with my retranslation as I fixed the contextual and language mistakes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u_W...w?usp=drivesdk

12-18-20, 08:40 PM	#1
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	wondering if anyone has read U-boat Tactics in World War II (Elite) if so is it any good __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy

12-18-20, 11:39 PM	#3
les green01 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Freeman Missouri Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 1375 Uploads: 0	[QUOTE=derstosstrupp;2714516]It’s OK, it has a lot of good information, but I highly question some of the things about actual tactics in there. Some things are quite different than what contemporary sources say. For example, in there they claim that the standard night tactic was to sneak inside the screen underwater and then surface in the convoy, which was certainly not true, at least early war. It also describes a standard night attack as running up from behind the convoy, which again, I wouldn’t call that standard. Standard was getting forward of the beam and running in on the “dog curve”, bow on target. So just a little things like that, which I would like to say are minor, but in a book about tactics, I don’t know, it just isn’t quite reflective of the reality as I understand it to have been.[/QUOT thanks i didn't get it but got The Official U-boat Commander's Handbook - The Illustrated Edition and u-boat commander a periscope view battle of the atlantic __________________ I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done. Audie Murphy Last edited by les green01; 12-18-20 at 11:57 PM.

12-19-20, 06:22 AM	#4
derstosstrupp Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 891 Downloads: 489 Uploads: 0	Also very good choice! For the text of that handbook, there are several errors in the wartime translation, so I would say supplement it with my retranslation as I fixed the contextual and language mistakes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u_W...w?usp=drivesdk __________________ Ask me anything about the Type VII or IX! One-Stop Targeting Shop: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...WwBt-1vjW28JbO My YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIJ...9FXbD3S2kgwdPQ