I'm not sure of the exact answer to your questions. JScones will have to tell you why he made the choices he did, but from what I've seen his reasons are usually sound.
I once wondered myself about the Type IXB not being available at the beginning of the war, as I was sure they were. It turned out that it was the IXA that was there, and the IXB was indeed not available until later. That of course is a strict adherence to the facts when I would rather have some version of the boat, but I never considered it to be a big thing so I didn't worry about it.
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