The crew of
U-1308 are truly happy today as they got two new
3.7 cm Flakzwilling M43U for their
LM42U twin mounted flak guns. (Very few U-boats got the twin mounted 37 mm flak guns - U-boat know to have them
U-1108 &
U-889).
There was some talk within the crew about getting the
LM43U the quadruple mounted flak guns
(As a side note, the German did make a quadruple mounted 37 mm flak guns, but it do not come up to expectations, so they swap out the 37 mm for 20 mm). The
LM43U quadruple mounted flak guns would have been able to put up 200 round per minute, firing a 0.73 kg round over 15.3 km. That would have help keep the planes away