Originally Posted by
racedo
But sitting on bottom completely silent waiting for convoy was what Wolfpacks did 75 years ago, irrespective of escorts that were ahead. Why would that strategy change ?
Add in underwater drones etc etc and it becomes a bit more of a difficult exercise to protect shipping.
I believe you'll find the wolfpacks primarily operated on the surface up till mid 1943 as since they were faster than the convoy they had no problem keeping up with it. This continued until the widespread introduction of radar and air cover across the Atlantic forced them to submerge.