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Having a bad day? Things could always be worse....

HAH! I shot down 34 Liberators and 22 Sunderlands before they finally got me!

I think those pictures say it all.

Thanks for those.

damn.. Those poor bastards.. I commend them. :nope:

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Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

damn.. Those poor bastards.. I commend them. :nope:

yeah but, in war someone is always on the receiving end....thats just the way it kinda goes....what about merchants attacked by uboats? uboats give as well as receive....you shouldn't pitty them......its a part of war....the uboat is a warship....its not out for a pleasure cruise....and taking shots is all part of the overall job description....its what distinguishes a soldier from your average man....its everything he risks...even if it means his life....I only feel sorry for the families that have to go through the loss.

As for the pics they seem to be holding out....I think that is what I like about them...they illustrate the overall difficulties and disadvantage that each boat is in...yet you still see them continuing to fight...its kinda like a John Paul Jones mentality....the human will to survive and to achieve overall victory....

Poor Germans.......................................... :nope:

I am Sure not Many Survived that................................. :dead:

ouchouchouchouchouchouchouch!!

Always cringe when I see pics of Uboats under attack, must be the subsimmer in me.

OMG, in that fourth one you can almost hear the crew praying for the damn boat to dive :(

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Originally Posted by Tikigod

its kinda like a John Paul Jones mentality....the human will to survive and to achieve overall victory....

You mean the Bass player from Led Zeppelin? :-?

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Originally Posted by The Noob

Poor Germans.......................................... :nope:

I am Sure not Many Survived that................................. :dead:

Dude! They didn't. That was the general idea.

Same as us (in reference to SH3).

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Originally Posted by jumpy

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Originally Posted by Tikigod

its kinda like a John Paul Jones mentality....the human will to survive and to achieve overall victory....

You mean the Bass player from Led Zeppelin? :-?

:rotfl:

Unless you weren't joking, in which case I refer you to:

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/...l/jpjones.html

"I have not yet begun to fight!"

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Originally Posted by Tikigod

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Originally Posted by Salvadoreno

damn.. Those poor bastards.. I commend them. :nope:

The reason i got into wwii submarine warfare, is because those guys are really elites to me. To put all your trust in a machine that operates underwater, knowing the slightest error or mistake can lead to all to a HORRIBLE watery grave... Thats bravery to me. A lot of submarines werent as brainwashed as the werchmant or the luftwaffe. For the most part most were not "NAZIS".. I cringe everytime i hear about a u-boat getting lost "With all Hands". Merchantmen have a chance of being rescued, what happens to the u-boat sailor who is being depthcharged beneath? Only death awaits him.
I was reading about the Torelli or the Torzeni (some Italian Submarine) and it was said that that sub was being depth charged for almost 24 hours or i think more, until the sub was finally destroyed. Those poor men, to go thru that...Then not survive and die. There is no peace in death in a submarine.
An aircraft pilot goes down, and usually its quick and from what i have read/heard(from my dad who crashed into his base while test flying a plane) everything goes silent, its in slow motion, the only thing u think about is controlling the plane no matter how out of control it is, and there is a calm while in the air.
A servicemen is different, sometimes its quick, sometimes it isnt. And there is a lot more horror that a pilot or sailor would never see.
But there is just something in submarine warfare that has just pure horror in it. It seems all the deaths are slow. From being depth charged, waiting. To hearing "ALLLARRRM" from the bridge and the last horrifying moments before the aircraft missles/bombs hit. Even then not all die in the blast, some have to wait till there compartment fills up with water.. Ew! Im shivering right now!

"Thats the last thing ever heard from u-???"... Thats another statement i cannot stand. Like U-47, there is no way to know what happened, its like the men from u-boats dissapeared, no way to even honor their graves.

There are no roses's on a sailors grave
No lilies on an ocean wave,
The only tribute is the seagulls' sweeps,
And the teardrop that a sweetheard weeps.
:cry: :cry:

I dont know for sure what got me into sub sims, or sub's in general. I know that only WW2 subs intrest me. I have not one iota of intrest in anything before, or after WW2.

I think its the idea of how a single sub, can do alot of damage to an enemy, and being that lone hunter, far, far from home, far from any help or any friendlies, lurking, behind enemy lines, striking when they least expect it, and then dispearing like a ghost. (probably why i like IX boats so much)

That and i suppose as machines, WW2 subs have always had my mechanical intrest. I used to read everything i could and once when i got to tour a real US fleet boat, i had a general where everything was, before i even stepped on board.

But again, far far from home, from any help, from most hopes or chances of survival if found.

http://www.emackinnon.com/wahoo-fina...e-photos-1.jpg