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Eichenlaub · 08-29-06, 06:14 AM

This is probably what you are looking for: http://www.uboat.net/men/training/.

Enjoy!

I recently read in the somewhat aging book "Battle of the Atlantic" (such an imaginative name) by Hughes & Costello, that 2.000 men were selected for the submarine service out of 40.000 applicants per annum!

Tests were rigid and included a pain test (I believe this was for officier candidates only), during which an applicant had to hold iron bars that were then electrically charged. The current would increase gradually and the ones who could witstand the pain the longest usually got the position.

Kind regards,

Eichenlaub

08-29-06, 06:14 AM	#2
Eichenlaub Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2006 Location: Nijmegen Posts: 132 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is probably what you are looking for: http://www.uboat.net/men/training/. Enjoy! I recently read in the somewhat aging book "Battle of the Atlantic" (such an imaginative name) by Hughes & Costello, that 2.000 men were selected for the submarine service out of 40.000 applicants per annum! Tests were rigid and included a pain test (I believe this was for officier candidates only), during which an applicant had to hold iron bars that were then electrically charged. The current would increase gradually and the ones who could witstand the pain the longest usually got the position. Kind regards, Eichenlaub __________________ "Despite living in a country where soft-drugs, prostitution, gay-marriage and euthanasia are all legal, I've never felt any inclination towards any of them." When SHIV hits the scene, we should not fear the double D Geisha escort...we should welcome her...