In the book Das Boot the LI is described as being 27, but looking 40. So they used a 40-year-old actor in the movie. War does make men haggard and tired, and they usually do look older by the end of a patrol.
As for voices, I'm nearly 60 and still sound like a teenager, and I know teenagers who sound like "real men", so the variety in voices is endless.
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