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Originally Posted by Kapitan Soniboy
I have a friend who served on a submarine and he told me that the VII were so much better in all ways than the American subs. That a VII in the Pacific would be a dream come true for any American submariner. Well, I guess nobody can tell.
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With all due respect to your friend a Type VII wouldn't have had the operational range to reach Japan from Pearl Harbor. They could barely reach the Eastern United States seaboard without refueling. Plus, I wouldn't want to spend the month it would take to get there in a cramped sub without air conditioning, limited and unrefrigerated food storage and only five torpedo tubes. The Type IX would be a better bet, but I'd want a US sub's radar fit. It's a big ocean.
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Guys, have you ever seen Das Boot????
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Yes I did. Rather depressing and if I remember correctly just about half the crew dies at the end. Hardly a ringing endorsement of the U-Boat war.