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bstanko6 05-17-15 01:49 AM

What is the schnelltauchback?
 
Ok, I think I am going to try this mod, and I know what this boat looks like. But for the life of me, I dont know why this exists? I seached uboat.net, wiki, but it gives limited information. Why do these boats look like this?

Torplexed 05-17-15 02:43 AM

The purpose of the cutaway deck shape was to make the U-Boat submerge faster by about ten to fifteen seconds. Which, with the skies full of aircraft made a critical difference. Presumably by using the weight of the water in the cutaway area to pivot the bows at a steeper angle.

bstanko6 05-17-15 04:44 AM

That makes sense since these are type IXC used later when air cover was greatest. Thanks!

bstanko6 05-28-15 05:06 AM

So I finally got my type IXC and I have used the Schnelltauchback mod. This is a pretty good mod. The few less seconds to dive is a blessing around the British isles! And it looks cool too. Awesome job!


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