NEW U-BOAT TACTICS
CONCENTRATED ATTACKS
Recd. 8 p.m. Ottawa. Oct. 2. Photographic records of the threcday U-boat battle on the Arctic Circle disclose that the U-boat packs were organised the same as surface fleets* with vessels designed for special For example, at least, one U-boat shown with 10 anti-aircraft and other guns firing from the deck. This Üboat is believed to be specially fitted for defending the fleet from planes. Future enemy tactics, it is believed, will be confined to such concentrated attacks. The naval authorities described Germany’s new type torpedo as of combined magnetic guidance with acoustic detonation, and said the torpedo, fired at a ship from astern, overtakes the vessel and explodes within the radius of the propeller vibration. The totally disabled ship, with propeller gone, is then an easy target for a point-blank torpedo.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 234, 4 October 1943, Page 4
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