"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
09/28/2013 at 17:26 • Filed to: Shiplopnik
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"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
09/28/2013 at 17:26 • Filed to: Shiplopnik | 3
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During the first world war, allied fleets tested these graphic disguises as a way to confuse German U-boats. The idea was that if you can't really hide these big things anyway, why not let somebody spotting it through a periscope scratch their head as to what the fuck this is, and moreso where the front is and which way it is going.
Keep in mind that in those times U-boat crews had to aim and shoot at enemy ships using calculations involving direction and speed. No heat-seeking missiles or anything. So this was quite a neat idea to protect them from German torpedoes.
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> Klaus Schmoll
09/28/2013 at 17:40 |
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You say that as if it's possible to defeat a German in a submarine.
Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
> Klaus Schmoll
09/28/2013 at 18:04 |
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It wasn't just in the first war and its called Razzle Dazzle. The Great War had various designs, they later changed them to be more effective in WWII but modern technology like radar made it less effective, there wasn't much you could do against a U Boat in fair weather besides pray for a stormy night and alter course constantly.
I'm 83, we did ok without heat seeking missiles or anything.
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> Klaus Schmoll
09/28/2013 at 22:40 |
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Hopefully one of the escorting destroyers or DEs would see the periscope first (and not a torpedo wake) and move in to attack & force him to dive deep and break off the attack. Didn't always happen that way though.