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Penelope_Grey · 01-29-08, 11:22 AM

@Jazman, what you have posted there I really do not understand at all, and I have an A-level in physics(not enough I think). It might be the wording, but I cannot understand your explanation, not sure if the others did, but I don't.

Simplyfying it is what I was trying to do, in simplistic terms the bigger an object is the more area there is for the pressure to exert therefore the overall sum of the pressure is higher than on a smaller object generally, this assumes that the structures/materials of said object are similar or identical.

Build quality is something that I think both the Americans and Germans did well. The Americans wanted their boats for speed and fleet purposes (speed) while the germans wanted them to operate alone and be able to go beyond the Aliied ASDIC capabilities (dive deep) and in early war the Germans did succeed at this, a U-Boat could go deeper than the allied ASDIC could.

Further, taking German U-Boat's as a main example, obviously the Kriegsmarine had deep diving in mind, now, a type IX with a slightly thicker hull, still couldn't go as deep as Type VII could. And I don't mean the VIIC/41 I mean the ordinary VIIC. From what I learned in college, build can only stave off so much.

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Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	@Jazman, what you have posted there I really do not understand at all, and I have an A-level in physics(not enough I think). It might be the wording, but I cannot understand your explanation, not sure if the others did, but I don't. Simplyfying it is what I was trying to do, in simplistic terms the bigger an object is the more area there is for the pressure to exert therefore the overall sum of the pressure is higher than on a smaller object generally, this assumes that the structures/materials of said object are similar or identical. Build quality is something that I think both the Americans and Germans did well. The Americans wanted their boats for speed and fleet purposes (speed) while the germans wanted them to operate alone and be able to go beyond the Aliied ASDIC capabilities (dive deep) and in early war the Germans did succeed at this, a U-Boat could go deeper than the allied ASDIC could. Further, taking German U-Boat's as a main example, obviously the Kriegsmarine had deep diving in mind, now, a type IX with a slightly thicker hull, still couldn't go as deep as Type VII could. And I don't mean the VIIC/41 I mean the ordinary VIIC. From what I learned in college, build can only stave off so much. __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!