Vote favorite U-boat here.
 

Just a bordem killer post. So whats your favorite and why?


Me? Type VIIB\C! Built to strangle England. Doenitz finaly had the boat he wanted. Fast enough, cheap enough, carried a decent load and was quite manouverable both up top and below. Not to big, Not to small.....Leaves just right!:up:

my favorite would be the VIIC...pretty fast, good loadout, good depth, and maneuverablility. Always last the longest in a VIIC...ur all around U-boat

My next favorite would be a IIA. Very good diving time, very hard to pick up on sonar and very very maneuverable, was the U-boat that made me a good shot being that u only have 5 torps and gotta make them count.

I officially after a previous career hate the IX series...the reasons why are pretty obvious LOL. Got two careers goin right now a IIA and a VIIC.

Type VIIC/B for me. The Type IX's just turn into death traps and the Type II just dont do it.

Any Type IX....plenty of firepower and range to explore far off places. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...ies/pirate.gif

Type VII.
VIIB for early war, then once the viic/41 is available with the Cobalt/GWX player sub.

VIIC/41 - the ultimate convoy attack boat.

My vote goes to the type VIIB/C and the type XXI.

Despite their vulnerabilities I've always been fond of the IX. If the game had originally come with the diminutive Type XXIII, that one would be a favorite too. Only three torpedoes but that makes for a short, sweet patrol and I bet they would be tough to find on sonar. :cool:

Interesting - smaller than Type II?

Around the same size. Obviously better suited to coastal waters, but in their short operational history, they did very well

Yeah...the Type XXIII was the coastal version of the Type XXI. Sort of a futuristic electro-boot Type II.

http://airalex.homestead.com/files/type_XXIII.jpg

Actually the type XXIII is smaller than the type II! Both in height and length with a smaller tower too! In my book Uboats in action it shows a profile of all the German subs used and I was shocked to see that the XXIII was 10\15% smaller than the type II!:o

I prefer the VIIC for the reasons stated above. Haven't had too much luck with the IX series; particularly the IXD2.

Imagine how difficult that makes it to catch with an Asidc beam. :cool: Top speed of 12 knots underwater ain't bad either. Crew of only 14 would be easy to manage. I used to replace the Type II with the XXIII in SH2 campaign game a lot. Fun.

VIIB, mainly because it's what I've used the most, so I know all it's ins and outs.

That would've made a more interesting story-type thread, if there was a GWX-compatible playable... I may have to try out NYGM after U-1337 retires. :yeah: