Custom paintjob sh-5

[oscar19681]

Since they say you can change your paintjob in sh5 . Then i would go for this one!

http://www.german-uboats.com/Uboat%20Photos/U204-2.jpg

[oscar19681]

Does anybody know the reason why the conning tower had such camoflage? I guessing this is a boat out of La Spezia. They seemed to always have some sort of distinctive camoflage.

[conus00]

I can't explain the camo but that is definitely not "Italian camo".
The pictured boat is U-204 which served in 1. Flotille (as a training boat and also for 3 patrols as a front boat).
The picture was taken anytime between March 8th 1941 to October 19th either in Kiel or Brest.

[divingbluefrog]

Hi,
I think it's Brest, you can see the base of "Le Château" (The Castle) and the entrance ramp like in this picture :
http://edelmayer-bourbigot.com/UserFiles/Image/etude/BrestChateau02.jpg
(extrem left part)

[Paajtor]

What's that thingy sticking in that hole at the front of the upper-part of the conning-tower?

[ichso]

Does anybody know the reason why the conning tower had such camoflage? I guessing this is a boat out of La Spezia. They seemed to always have some sort of distinctive camoflage.

Looks like some kind of dazzle camouflage. Usually used to make range estimation harder for U-Boats and the guns of bigger ships. But U-Boats themselves could have been using such for the purpose of anti-air defense as well. They where already small targets and this could have made it more confusing for a plane to find the right attack angle.

[Brag]

The V on the front of the conning tower stood for:

Vidi, vini, vinci

Latin for I saw , I came, I conquered. :DL