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pythos · 07-27-08, 12:11 AM

I did a speed and range check, and yea, the boat is pretty awful as far as range it concerned.

Here are the results.
1/3: 15868 KM, at 7kts
2/3: 13243 KM, at 10kts
stand: 7126 km, at 15kts
Full: 5255 km, at 17kts
Flank: 4649 km, at 18kts.

Remember these ranges are in kilometers. The milage at the best range speed is 8569 NM, just over half the range of the Gato at standard (10kts).

It is in no way a long range boat. Probably another reason the boat was converted over to the type XXI standard.

As far as a hard hitting, "strike and fade" weapon this thing is top notch. You can quietly sneak in, fire your first salvo, engage the walter and dive deep, all the while reloading your tubes, going back to silent running at periscope depth, and make another attack. And you can do this over and over again, and as long as the walter holds out, and the number of torps you have, you can decimate a large convoy single handedly, without having to worry about depth charges. If you get pinged, you can dash away and re allocate your targets...on the other side of the convoy.

If the Walter drive did not have the bad tendency to blow up at the wrong moment, this would really have been a terrible weapon against the allied fleets.

Thank God the drive liked to explode.

07-27-08, 12:11 AM	#18
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Ok, so the hydrostatics for the typeXVIII stink. I did a speed and range check, and yea, the boat is pretty awful as far as range it concerned. Here are the results. 1/3: 15868 KM, at 7kts 2/3: 13243 KM, at 10kts stand: 7126 km, at 15kts Full: 5255 km, at 17kts Flank: 4649 km, at 18kts. Remember these ranges are in kilometers. The milage at the best range speed is 8569 NM, just over half the range of the Gato at standard (10kts). It is in no way a long range boat. Probably another reason the boat was converted over to the type XXI standard. As far as a hard hitting, "strike and fade" weapon this thing is top notch. You can quietly sneak in, fire your first salvo, engage the walter and dive deep, all the while reloading your tubes, going back to silent running at periscope depth, and make another attack. And you can do this over and over again, and as long as the walter holds out, and the number of torps you have, you can decimate a large convoy single handedly, without having to worry about depth charges. If you get pinged, you can dash away and re allocate your targets...on the other side of the convoy. If the Walter drive did not have the bad tendency to blow up at the wrong moment, this would really have been a terrible weapon against the allied fleets. Thank God the drive liked to explode.