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Originally Posted by kranz
This is a sub-devoted board so it's time for Das Boot: one of the crew says that Gibraltar is as narrow as a virgin's...... .In another scene the navigator says that Gibraltar is 7 miles wide.
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You have to see it from a mariner's point of view. It's very easy to surveillance a 7 miles wide gap between two rocks. Not much room to hide your sub there or to maneuver around someone. The entrance to the Mediterranean sea can be effectively blocked off by a handful of auxiliary subchasers and with a patrol aircraft for top cover. So the comparison is ok in my books.
