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Originally Posted by Beery
The long reload reflects the fact that 90% of the shells were carried below decks and had to be carried up to the gun one at a time.
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I guessed that might be the reasoning, and have no real problem with it, but the larger boats for sure, (not sure about type VII) were able to store shells under sections of the deck casing. Probably the most successful use of the deck gun was by Reinhard Hardegen on U123 during Operation Drumbeat, (paukenschlag) . I've read a few histories of Drumbeat in general and U123 in particular and they could get some decent rates of fire if conditions were good....
Just my two cents...
:-)