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Germany Was Trapped By Squid Mortars With 50% Kill Rates

In the final years of the Battle of the Atlantic, German U-boats faced a new nightmare — the British “Squid” anti-submarine mortar. Unlike earlier depth charges, Squid didn’t guess where a submarine had been — it calculated where it was going. Firing three heavy bombs in a precise pattern ahead of the ship, the system used sonar data to detonate at the exact depth of the target. The result was devastating: kill rates soared to nearly 50%, turning the hunters of the deep into the hunted. This documentary explores how Squid transformed anti-submarine warfare from instinct to science. Drawing on original Admiralty blueprints, sonar logs, and combat reports, it traces how British engineers built on the success of the Hedgehog to create a fully automated, sonar-guided weapon. In cold North Atlantic waters, the tables finally turned — for every U-boat detected, half were destroyed. “Squid” didn’t just defend convoys; it ended the U-boat’s reign of terror beneath the sea.