U-Boat Tactics World War II by Osprey Publishing
Item Number: OSPELI183
Elite 183
Author: Gordon Williamson
Illustrator: Ian Palmer
About this book
At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and improvements in anti-submarine weaponry. But it was not just the technology that had to change. German U-boat tactics evolved over time. Used in a variety of roles, from coastal patrolling through to the combined actions of convey-hunting "wolf packs", the tactics used by U-Boats were diverse. This book analyses how the U-boats dominated the seas thanks to their innovative and daring tactical deployment, and how the cracking of the Enigma code effectively hamstrung them, greatly reducing their impact, a problem that even their advanced tactics failed to solve.
Contents
Introduction
Convoy Night Attacks
Surface Attacks with Deck Guns
Basic Rules for Interception of Enemy Merchant Ships
Solo Missions
Wolf Pack attacks
Patrol Lines
Combined Attacks
Bachstelze
U-Boats as Mother Ships
Special Weapons and Equipment
Defensive Equipment and Tactics
Defensive Tactics
Paperback; October 2010; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781849081733