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Originally Posted by Letum
What kind of angles are you thinking of?
If a uboat managed 40° it's bow would be more than half way down to crash dive depth before the stern had gone underwater!
At 25° the sub only has to travel 6 times it's own length before it reaches crush depth.
A undamaged uboat doesn't have a very steep dive angle.
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From what I've read in Buchheim's Das Boot, the dive angles were definitely steep, especially with 'all men forwaaaard!'.
This from U-boatarchive seems sensible to me;
"(iii) Diving Angles.
During a normal crash dive, the angle tower increases from roughly 2 at the commencement to 10° as the bridge screen dips. Thereafter the angle down is normally from 12-15°, though angles up to 45 have been reported, after complete submersion."
http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTBNotes...iveEdition.htm