"MTB/MGB organization." Topic
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| badger22 | 28 Dec 2021 9:38 p.m. PST |
Where they all of one type in a squadron? Or did they mix types? And when on a mission did that hold true or did they mix them to provide gun protection for the torpedoes? |
hindsTMP  | 29 Dec 2021 10:17 a.m. PST |
According to the book "Night Action" by Peter Dickens (who was there), they did sometimes mix types. An example is described starting on page 65 where 3 gunboats combined with 2 MTBs. MH |
| daveshoe | 29 Dec 2021 11:59 a.m. PST |
Squadrons were generally one type of boat. But different types of squadrons (MTB and MGB) could be at the same stations and were often sent out together. |
| 4DJones | 29 Dec 2021 1:18 p.m. PST |
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| badger22 | 29 Dec 2021 2:23 p.m. PST |
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| Joe Legan | 29 Dec 2021 5:13 p.m. PST |
In the med the US and UK would plan ops together to make use of the US radar and the dogboats heavy guns. I also believe in the med the UK would mix MGB AND MTBs 2:1 in the dogboat flotillas. Of.course that was the only place they had mgbs by 1944. Cheers Joe |
| badger22 | 29 Dec 2021 8:38 p.m. PST |
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| Joe Legan | 31 Dec 2021 10:53 a.m. PST |
No worries. As you might imagine I did a fair amount of reading on the subject. Cheers Joe |
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