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Old 06-06-08, 10:51 AM   #45
Frame57
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Originally Posted by Fincuan
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Originally Posted by Frame57
The "Walther boat" used in the game is really a type XXI, that somehow had the Walter turbine.
The two boats have extremely similar hulls, so they look like twins. The one in SH4 is however supposed to be a type XVIII. As you know it was actually never completed, but its hull design was put into service as the XXI.
I respectfully disagree a total of 62 type XXIII were completed and ebtered the war before it ended. It the 23 boat had a length of 34.7m a beam of 3m with a crew of 14. The XXI boat was twice the size with a crew of 57. My info comes from Horst Bredow founder of the U boat archive in Cuxhaven-Altenbruch. The info is dead accurate
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