U-boat Tactics in World War II
Series: Elite, 183; Elite, 183
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9781849081740; 9781849081733
Subjects: 20th century; Submarine; Submarines (Ships); Germany; World War, 1939-1945; Naval operations; History; German Naval operations
Description: From the very basic early submarines such as the Type II through to the ultra-modern high tech Type XXI and Type XXIII vessels, German U-Boat production was forced into continual development and improvement to keep pace with wartime needs and especially that of continually having to face ever more effective enemy anti-submarine developments. However, it would not simply the submarines themselves which would need to continuously develop and improve, but the tactics as their prey became increasingly sophisticated in their methods of defence. U-boats were used for a variety of purposes, from coas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: COVER; TITLE PAGE; IMPRINT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CONVOY NIGHT SURFACE ATTACKS; The Kretschmer method, 1940-41; The official doctrine, 1943; DECK-GUN ATTACKS; The theory: rules for interception of merchant ships; The practice; The official doctrine; SOLO MISSIONS; U-47 at Scapa Flow; The Mediterannean: U-81 and U-331; NORTH AMERICAN WATERS, 1942; FAR EASTERN WATERS, 1943-44; 'WOLF-PACK' ATTACKS; Patrol/reporting lines; Fast patrol lines; The turn of the tide; KRIEGSMARINE-LUFTWAFFE CO-OPERATION; The Fw 200C Condor; Combined air-sea strikes; ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT; Bachstelze ('Wagtail').; title: U-boats as midget-submarine mother shipsOFFENSIVE WEAPONS; TORPEDOES; G7e T4 Falke ('Falcon'); G7e T5 Zaunko nig ('Wren'); G7e T11; Torpedo guidance systems: FAT (Federapparat Torpedo); LUT (Lagenunabha ngiger Torpedo); Mines; DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT; Radar decoys: Aphrodite; Thetis; Sonar decoys: Bolde and Sieglinde; Siegmund; Alberich; Tarnmatte; DEFENSIVE TACTICS; AGAINST WARSHIPS; The official doctrine; AGAINST AIRCRAFT; The 'stand and fight' order; Flak boats; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.