>Really? I'm no WWII expert, but the German navy used AFAIK
>Panzerschiffe for commerce raiding in the south Atlantic.

'commerce raiding became PRIMARILY a submarine task'

400+ unterseebooten vs. how many 'armoured ships'?

Admittedly, a submarine could only reach the south atlantic if it was resupplied while down there due to the tech limitations of the day. But even so, some were deployed down there with supply ships. The balance was fairly one sided.

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