Can you move the aft external(s) to the forward torpedo room in the game?
No.
Did they during the real war? Yes. As I remember from one of my u-boat books, I think about Teddy Suhren, that it was quite a crazy feat.
The worked the torpedo into a cradle on deck. Wrapped it in a bunch of life preservers, flooded the boat down to decks awash. Some of the crew in boats and others swimming actually towed the beast in the water to the other end of the boat. They then flooded down that end and worked the fish into the cradle and blew ballast to bring everything out of the water. Then they winched it up and lowered it into other torpedo room.
Needless to say this kind of operation must have taken a LONG time and would only have been possible in some truly remote location.
I have no idea how many boats even used their external torpedoes in the war. Took too much time and prevented diving if sighted. I think there were also concerns about the fish being reliable after long stowage in the external tubes.
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