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Originally Posted by Diopos
Are they build to "roll" 45 degrees at periscope depth at not so heavy sea condition? Not a "typical" German sub... (in my book anyway...  ). |
...Ok that could be bad...
"Rig ship for heavy rolls!"
"Captain we are in port!"
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Anyway exceptions, in a sense, verify the rule. There wouldn't be so much fuss over it if the sub wasn't german.....
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Naw, (Post War) German subs have had just as many problems as the subs of most other countries.
List of German sub failures:
Type 201 U Boat- Non-Magnetic Steel hull has cracks and fissues. Boats were a total failure, 9 of 12 canceled the rest rebuilt to Type 205 standards but still only served 5 years.
Type 205: The Danish Sub Narhvalen built with faulty radio causing the Danish Navy and NATO to believe she has sunk. SALEN sinks under tow 12/4/91- 2 years to fix.
Type 206: U-15 runs aground and has to be pulled back to the surface.
ARA San Luis (Type 209) and the SST-4 Torpedo: She fired around four SST-4 torpedoes which all missed because a crewman plugged the DC power cord in backwards. I guess German torpedoes are not Idiot Proof.