First of all, to be historically correct, you will not get a XXI until very late April 1945. While XXIs were commissioned in 1944, they were all in workup and training, and only two XXIs actually began combat missions prior to the end of the war, May 1945, and neither sank a ship.
Second, unless you were already a u-boat skipper prior to the war, you would not be given a Type VII or Type IX; you would have started out in a Type II. Some of the most famous u-boat commanders began their careers in Type IIs.
Besides, if haven't already begun a career in a Type II, you're missing out on a wonderful little boat which was great in the shallow coastal water east of Great Brittain.
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