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You have missed the point
Posted by:
SuperKraut
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Date: December 18, 2000 09:30PM
<HTML>\">On the other hand, as long as Germany did not have good radars and radar warning receivers that actually detected allied radars any sub, even a XXI, would have been vulnerable to surprise attack on or near the surface while charging batteries. Many U-boats were sunk in the act of diving when surprised on the surface.<\"
The whole point about the XXI was that it was invisible to radar. The 10 cm radar sets available in 1943 had a very hard time picking up the large ball valve snorkel head of the XXI. The smaller T-valve heads which were in development could not be seen by 1943 radar and were very hard to find with 1945 radar. The XXI was virtually invisible on the march.
Regards,
SuperKraut</HTML>
The whole point about the XXI was that it was invisible to radar. The 10 cm radar sets available in 1943 had a very hard time picking up the large ball valve snorkel head of the XXI. The smaller T-valve heads which were in development could not be seen by 1943 radar and were very hard to find with 1945 radar. The XXI was virtually invisible on the march.
Regards,
SuperKraut</HTML>
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