I defo prefer the Type IX, Its a good choice ESPECIALLY if you're one of those who insists on manual torpedo targeting (more "fish" to fire)
I will say though that most overlook that the type IX had two purposes to its extremely long ranged design, one was indeed striking at far off targets (such as the Caribbean) the other was to be a "convoy killer", basically it was also designed to be able to stalk and repeatedly attack the same convoy "night after night" hence the large torpedo stores.
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