Not like we have today, but yes, they did have basic analog targeting systems that allowed certain data to be fed in to get a targeting solution. They also used handheld calculators (much like a slide rule) and plots to determine the target track.
Knowing how to do it the old way by hand is still required today for modern submariners, in case main targeting systems fail.
The role of submarines during the second world war was primarily the destruction of enemy commerce, and occasionally heavy naval units such as battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. Since the battle of the atlantic was fought primarily against German Submarines which were targeting Allied merchant vessels, there would have been very little point to using submarines.
52 US submarines were lost in WW2. This was about 1 in every 5 submarines that the US had in WW2
yes at the bottom of the ocean.
No, not really, submarines were first used successfully in the Civil War.
Germany
Why don't you just Google "World War 1 Submarines?"
World War I submarines were primarily used to locate and attack surface cargo and warships.
Submarines changed war. They played a big part of World War I and II.
The role of submarines during the second world war was primarily the destruction of enemy commerce, and occasionally heavy naval units such as battleships, cruisers, and aircraft carriers. Since the battle of the atlantic was fought primarily against German Submarines which were targeting Allied merchant vessels, there would have been very little point to using submarines.
Yes
Submarines were sometimes referred to as submersibles.
Yes, German submarines were very effective in both world wars. The Germans built excellent submarines and still do.
2,200,000 Soldiers 97 Warships 40 Submarines.
The US helped France in world war 1 with submarines in the Atlantic.
Steel plates.
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Atlantic Ocean.