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Old 03-24-10, 10:38 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by thruster View Post
also faster dive times. unless im mistaken, later type VIIs had air intakes and exhausts openings on the top of the conning tower so you could theoretically travel on diesels as well [if the game allows this?]
Also much slower speeds and higher fuel usage. They didn't just run all over the Atlantic at 'decks awash'. It was usually reserved for attack approaches, and would be done with electrics anyway, as diesels are still noisy and still smoke.
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