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Old 08-15-05, 01:10 PM   #13
Nopileo
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Originally Posted by Oesten
The deck gun is little more than an outdated hangover from WWI anyway. For most U-boats it was a useless hunk of metal weighing down the boat, and never used in action.
Well I've had quite a few patrols in the XXI, and if the deck gun caused all that drag earlier to make the later boats go that fast (17,5 knots submerged!), I can certainly understand that!
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