View Single Post
Old 01-24-09, 05:24 AM   #80
Schroeder
Navy Seal
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Banana Republic of Germany
Posts: 6,170
Downloads: 62
Uploads: 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gino
. So, the germans had to come up with the type XXI etc., which (astonishingly...) was a diesel electric, more luxurious, six tubes forward...Hmmm, which submarine had that also? Oh yeah the Porpoise class Fleetsubmarine built in 1934...
Last I checked the Porpoise had 4 front tubes and two rear.
You also forget to mention the automatic loading system of the XXI that could reload all 6 torpedoes within 5 minutes. The extreme speed it could go while being submerged, its maximum dive depth and it's agility. Now show me those features on a Porpoise.
__________________
Putting Germ back into Germany.
Schroeder is offline