Type XXI has no Rear Tubes

[scrapser]

Well this is a surprise. I'll have to change my tactics I guess.

scrapser

[Fritz]

hehe, u didn't know this???


the XXI was thought of as a pure assault sub, and in a sense...it's like Hitler made it as a type of Kamikaze sub....fight or die....


but, since this sub has supperior speed. compared to other subs, AND better turning circle, u really do not need the aft tubes...


oh, and i forgot, it's even harder to detect then the VIIc and IX class..

i must admit something...i have had this game since it came... and only tried the XXI once, in a locked online game....i'm a IX nutt.....gotta love that big'old pice of hardware :-)

[scrapser]

I was out tooling around in the XXI tonight. I see the periscope depth is a little deeper and it can't run at 10 knots while at "ahead slow" like I could in my old IX-C. I really liked that boat and really got comfortable with it's performance. Anyway, we'll see how this one shakes out.

scrapser

[c0sm1c]

My XIB r0x :smug:

[Capn Tucker]

Well this is a surprise. I'll have to change my tactics I guess.

scrapser

No different than most modern subs. 688s only have 4 bow tubes..

[Ula Jolly]

Well this is a surprise. I'll have to change my tactics I guess.

scrapser

No different than most modern subs. 688s only have 4 bow tubes..
Horizontal. :know: 16 for TLAM, innit? :arrgh!:

[clive bradbury]

Why would modern subs want rear tubes anyway? They have wire-guided fish....

[Nopileo]

A version of the XXI was actually planned to have 12 rear torpedo tubes!

Read the post by Cdr Gibs towards the bottom of this thread:

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=40810&highlight=xxi

[SmokinTep]

Well this is a surprise. I'll have to change my tactics I guess.

scrapser

No different than most modern subs. 688s only have 4 bow tubes..
Horizontal. :know: 16 for TLAM, innit? :arrgh!:

688's have 4 fwd tubes. 688i's have 4 fwd tubes and 12 vertical launch tubes. Seawolf class has 8 torpedo tubes.