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#WW2 #BattleOfTheAtlantic #AntiSubmarineWarfare

U-Boat captains learned too late that depth charges weren’t the only threat. In 1943–44 the Allies fielded Hedgehog—an ahead-thrown, contact-fused mortar that let escorts attack without breaking sonar contact. No more guessing depths after a noisy turn; ships fired a tight pattern in front of the bow and scored on direct hull contact. Paired with centimetric radar, HF/DF, Leigh Lights, and hunter-killer escort groups, Hedgehog boxed U-Boats in and shattered evasion habits that once worked against slow, aft-dropped charges. This episode shows how tactics, sensors, and repairable, mass-built escorts turned the Atlantic into a U-Boat trap—and why kill rates spiked as crews adapted to the new weapon.

#UBoat #HedgehogMortar #Sonar #EscortCarrier #HFDF #Radar