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Oberon · 06-16-06, 04:14 PM

If you're asking whether a Uboat could take on a modern day pirate then I should imagine that it would be possible, after all, all the uboat needs to do is submerge, most pirates wouldn't have anything to deal with that, all they could do is drop a few grenades which wouldn't do much except give the sonarman a headache. If the Uboat wanted to retalliate, it could always get out of range of the pirate's machine guns and open fire with the deckgun...although firing on a rapid moving speedboat with an old 1940s cannon would require a lot of skill. Alternatively they could try using the flak gun against the speedboat, I've heard of skippers on SHIII doing that with patrol boats...trouble is, to get within range, you'll also be in the range of their gunfire and you could wind up with a man down.
As for blueprints of Uboats...
Here's a Type II cutaway, although I doubt you could do much pirating with a Type II:
http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ii.shtml#top

Though a Uboat pirate in these days would most likely use a Type IX or Type XXI:

http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ix.shtml

http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-xxi.shtml

Though the XXI doesn't have a deckgun...it still has AA guns, AND they're in a better position than the other boats.

06-16-06, 04:14 PM	#7
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	If you're asking whether a Uboat could take on a modern day pirate then I should imagine that it would be possible, after all, all the uboat needs to do is submerge, most pirates wouldn't have anything to deal with that, all they could do is drop a few grenades which wouldn't do much except give the sonarman a headache. If the Uboat wanted to retalliate, it could always get out of range of the pirate's machine guns and open fire with the deckgun...although firing on a rapid moving speedboat with an old 1940s cannon would require a lot of skill. Alternatively they could try using the flak gun against the speedboat, I've heard of skippers on SHIII doing that with patrol boats...trouble is, to get within range, you'll also be in the range of their gunfire and you could wind up with a man down. As for blueprints of Uboats... Here's a Type II cutaway, although I doubt you could do much pirating with a Type II: http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ii.shtml#top Though a Uboat pirate in these days would most likely use a Type IX or Type XXI: http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-ix.shtml http://www.uboataces.com/uboat-type-xxi.shtml Though the XXI doesn't have a deckgun...it still has AA guns, AND they're in a better position than the other boats.