Mr. Dooley
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Reading Deco for Divers, and stumbled upon quite a claim while learning about the history of nitrox mixes in diving. The author mentions the advantages of being able to dial in O2 content for rebreathers, and how a lower O2 mix would allow for deeper diving vs. a pure O2 rebreather - citing British commandos during WW2 specifically for using less rich breathing gas vs. their adversaries diving on pure oxygen. Then this doozy -
The British used this to their advantage and their simple but effective strategy was to simply pull their opponents to deeper depths until convulsions overwhelmed the enemy diver.
Is this... true? My (uneducated) instinct is that tales of actual submerged hand-to-hand combat were largely a thing of fiction.
The British used this to their advantage and their simple but effective strategy was to simply pull their opponents to deeper depths until convulsions overwhelmed the enemy diver.
Is this... true? My (uneducated) instinct is that tales of actual submerged hand-to-hand combat were largely a thing of fiction.