Alberich or Tarnmatte

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Stug50
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Alberich or Tarnmatte

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Post by Stug50 » 15 Sep 2015, 12:34

I have just been reading about U 486 Type V11c and her exploits. I am sure that I read somewhere that U 486 had been coated in an anti-sonar coating. As far as I am aware there were two types of coating used on U-Boats (Alberich and Tarnmatte). Does anyone know which coating was used on U 486? Also, how successful were these coatings in reducing the U-Boat signature?

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Last edited by Dieter Zinke on 15 Sep 2015, 17:12, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Again and again: Only correct is U 486 [without hyphen] - but the mistake will apparently never be accepted by our researchers in this thread
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Re: Alberich or Tarnmatte

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Post by lionfish » 16 Sep 2015, 10:02

Hello Stug50,

Alberich was an anti-sonar coated on the hull and on the coning tower and the Tarnmatte was an anti-radar coated on the schnorchel head.

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Re: Alberich or Tarnmatte

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Post by Stug50 » 16 Sep 2015, 10:15

Lionfish.

Thank you very much.

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