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Originally Posted by gap
Another malfunction related to improper usage, could be scopes getting damage if raised while cruising at high speed, but I am sure there are many other failures like these which we can think of...
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Good idea. That would provide some incentive to slow down before raising the periscope. Some other random ideas that come to mind:
- Diesel problems: already mentioned, but diesel malfunctions were almost ubiquitous
- Jammed dive planes: simple malfunctions or the consequence of diving at high speed
- Tube runners: torpedoes that begin actively "running" but are not ejected from the torpedo tube; this was a serious and very dangerous situation
- Circle runners: torpedo malfunctions and circles back toward the U-boat
- Jammed/frozen ballast vents: U-109 had her vents frozen shut while operating off Canada and was unable to dive for some time
- Electrical shorts: a very common problem associated with DC attacks; it would be cool if the interior lighting could also be knocked out
- Compromised pressure hull: usually the result of sabotage or dockyard mistakes; this would drastically reduce safe diving depth