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Old 02-15-09, 12:52 PM   #4
Torplexed
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Originally Posted by Freiwillige
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!
Imagine how difficult that makes it to catch with an Asidc beam. 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.
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