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Old 02-19-12, 08:54 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Harald_Lange View Post
I just watched Das Boot (again ),

I noticed that just after they charge the convoy and spot the destroyer bearing down on them through the fog, they crash dive. ( I love the way they all pile to the bow to weight it down. )

The Commander orders ahead 2 thirds whilst they are fleeing the destroyer, and then just after it changes direction and comes towards them, he drops it to ahead one-third, then they are promptly depth charged.

Surely this is running the engine too noisily to evade a destroyer? Who's historically correct here?
i bet the director writer et al laboured for hours days weeks and months over these particulars - awsome!
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