Is this the correct term E-Boot or is it S-Boot? I have read that the "E" was given by the Allies for "Enemy" and that the "S" for Schnell Boot is more accurate. Of the pictures that I've seen so far I can't help but wonder why the Kriegsmarine would arm such small boats with "only" large caliber weapons like the 4 and 2 cm guns and, besides torpedoes and depth charges/mines, an occassional 7.92 mm weapon. How could they have possibly imagined that such slow firing large caliber weapons would be more benificial than 13 mm weapons down for AA? Of the American and British PT boats (and I know that the need for AA protection was steadily decreasing as the war progressed) I've seen a very wide assortment of weapons - mortars, hedgehogs, rockets, torpedoes, mines, depth charges, 40 mm, 37 mm, 20 mm, .50 cal, .30 cal, etc.. Why did German boats have such a comparably less (albeit large caliber) assortment of weapons?

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