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07-03-07, 03:10 PM

but it does point up one thing - Germany should have designed such a snorkel! A little extra metal to strengthen it would have saved a lot of lives. Now in the game you can travel at 15 knots with snokel up - so I will test to see if going 15 knots and diving makes a big time difference - LIKELY IT WILL - at least by adding another few knots speed to the dive. You know in the military not many are creative. But sometimes creative men do make it into war and they survive long enough to do some really interesting things.

Take "Panzer" Meyer for example. The things that guy came up with sometimes caused those around him to shake their heads with disbelief. And yet his natural asymmetrical creative ideas won many battles and turned seeming disaster into outstanding victory. I think his most asymmetrical on the spot tactic was when he ordered a platoon of Tiger I crews to take on board sacks of grenades and to drive down the enemy foxhole line throwing the grenades out of all their hatches into the enemy defenses. It causes his own troops to shake their heads in disbelief (it was certainly NOT BY THE BOOK). But it worked in splendid form. It was an emergency - a situation where no one was certain what to do and suddenly crazy Panzer Meyer showed up, barked a few wild sounding orders and in a few minutes the fortunes of the German line were restored.

Personally I believe had I been in charge of the Bismarck after its rudder was damaged I could have got the silly ship turned around with a little CAN DO effort.
I also think that the Titanic had enough crates and wood to keep everyone out of the freezing water had the Brit crew THOUGHT OUT SIDE THE BOX.

Actually some German U-boat captains did try off the wall ideas and sometimes showed good results.

07-03-07, 03:10 PM	#5
Wave Skipper Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	What you all attack me for is true but it does point up one thing - Germany should have designed such a snorkel! A little extra metal to strengthen it would have saved a lot of lives. Now in the game you can travel at 15 knots with snokel up - so I will test to see if going 15 knots and diving makes a big time difference - LIKELY IT WILL - at least by adding another few knots speed to the dive. You know in the military not many are creative. But sometimes creative men do make it into war and they survive long enough to do some really interesting things. Take "Panzer" Meyer for example. The things that guy came up with sometimes caused those around him to shake their heads with disbelief. And yet his natural asymmetrical creative ideas won many battles and turned seeming disaster into outstanding victory. I think his most asymmetrical on the spot tactic was when he ordered a platoon of Tiger I crews to take on board sacks of grenades and to drive down the enemy foxhole line throwing the grenades out of all their hatches into the enemy defenses. It causes his own troops to shake their heads in disbelief (it was certainly NOT BY THE BOOK). But it worked in splendid form. It was an emergency - a situation where no one was certain what to do and suddenly crazy Panzer Meyer showed up, barked a few wild sounding orders and in a few minutes the fortunes of the German line were restored. Personally I believe had I been in charge of the Bismarck after its rudder was damaged I could have got the silly ship turned around with a little CAN DO effort. I also think that the Titanic had enough crates and wood to keep everyone out of the freezing water had the Brit crew THOUGHT OUT SIDE THE BOX. Actually some German U-boat captains did try off the wall ideas and sometimes showed good results.