Thanks for reply, Raptor. Quite informative reading. Never knew that IXs ever sailed without deck gun.
But I asked slightly different thing - not about external containers, but about "extra" ones. VII and IX u-boats has 2 "extra" torpedo containers painted red on torpedo scheme (in fore reserves). They seem not external, as torpedoes from them are loaded properly when submerged. So initial question was what's so special about this 2 slots.
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