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Originally Posted by CCIP
I would put it this way: they tended to be assigned long-ranged patrols as this best took advantage of their capabilities. .....it made no sense to not exploit their range advantage under any normal circumstances.
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Not being mentioned, the Type IXs carried 8 external torpedoes compared to the 2 on the Type VIIs. As a practical matter late in the war, externals were only loaded on the long distance missions conducted by Type IXs. These missions being to the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. It became virtually impossible to load externals in the North Atlantic due to increased air cover.