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Old July 21st 03, 09:17 AM
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Keith Willshaw wrote:

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Yep, although if the UK had been removed from hostilities, it might

just
about have been feasible to get a GZ into position to launch some sort

of
Doolittle-type sneak raid on the USEC.


I saw a documentary that said the Germans were building a submersible
trailer for a U-boat that could launch a V-2.


They quite possibly did. According to reports in 1944, three U-boats
U-24, U-9 and U-19 equipped with rocket launchers were allegedly
deployed against Soviet harbor facilities and moored ships during the
German retreat. If this is true it was the first combat use of a
submarine-launched missile.


It would have to be a dammed small missile.


Those were type IIb boats and at only 140 ft long and displacing
around 300 tons they didnt have a lot of disposable space.


If they fired anything bigger than a Panzerschreck I'd be amazed.


Some interesting info he

http://www.prinzeugen.com/V2.htm

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