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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
on fuel usage, remember the U-297 in late 44 would have travelled almost the whole way underwater, so the surface fuel consumption is not really applicable.
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That's why I tried to use the engine rpm as a crutch to calculate the consumption
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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
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second, from what I read in Blair, U-Boats only used snorkels to recharge batteries, say around 4 hours out of every 24 and travelled the other 20 hours on batteries, so the fuel usage would be even less.
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You are absolutely right. As I am a sucker for battery capacity, I transfered my own gaming style to the real world. That's why I usually sink with a big hole in the hull, but full batteries
