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waterfield
I knew the subs were much slower underwater but was unaware of the night tactics of the wolfpack. I would think that by concentrating several subs in a pack they would have to have known of an approaching convoy-unless the packs always went to sea together or met up at some destination.
This stuff is fascinating to me.
My favorite American sub movie is still Run Silent Run Deep. Whenever I leave for a weekend dive trip I tell Barb "were headed to the "Bungo Straits" in search of the Yukikaze. She doesn't think its funny since I do it every time.
Wolfpacks worked this way. Subs were deployed as individual units until one sighted a convoy. Then coded radio calls would go out summoning all subs within range of the shadowed convoy. They would gather and attack. So it was coordinated.
That's in the film when early on Hanks's character is told that radio direction finders had multiple contacts, which means a wolf pack was gathering. When Captain Krause gets that news, it's 2 hours old and they know they are fast approaching the gathering wolf pack.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2020 09:45AM by zn.
