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Old 08-26-06, 09:01 PM   #1
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Hi all,

A question you may answer just for fun:

What is your ''U'' number? I've got U-47 (as you may have noticed from my sig just below).

What's yours?
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Old 08-26-06, 10:20 PM   #2
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My Type IXC, U-527, is going great for me ATM; still won't trade her in for one of those new-fangled IXD2's, regardless of any better capabilities After 17 patrols with her, I've gotten a bit attached. Sure, I was in U-553 (VIIC) for 22, but since I got U-527, I've been regularly sinking 5-7 ships per patrol

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Old 08-26-06, 10:28 PM   #3
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My Type IXC, U-527, is going great for me ATM; still won't trade her in for one of those new-fangled IXD2's, regardless of any better capabilities After 17 patrols with her, I've gotten a bit attached. Sure, I was in U-553 (VIIC) for 22, but since I got U-527, I've been regularly sinking 5-7 ships per patrol

-Qairyl
Great! But I Do wonder if those are randomly given by the player's name.
I dunno 'bout you but I think that every player should post a pic of their subs in their sigs
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Old 08-26-06, 10:49 PM   #4
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My Type IXC, U-527, is going great for me ATM; still won't trade her in for one of those new-fangled IXD2's, regardless of any better capabilities After 17 patrols with her, I've gotten a bit attached. Sure, I was in U-553 (VIIC) for 22, but since I got U-527, I've been regularly sinking 5-7 ships per patrol

-Qairyl
Great! But I Do wonder if those are randomly given by the player's name.
I dunno 'bout you but I think that every player should post a pic of their subs in their sigs
Got my favorite type in my sig.
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Old 08-26-06, 11:27 PM   #5
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for my regular patrols i use U-73, but for WaW2 right now im using U-141
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Old 08-27-06, 12:05 AM   #6
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Great! But I Do wonder if those are randomly given by the player's name.
I dunno 'bout you but I think that every player should post a pic of their subs in their sigs
I've got a pretty good one, but it's kinda big (1184x762). Shows U-527 and her watch crew on a nice calm sea with the sun going down. I've got it on my desktop

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Old 08-27-06, 12:16 AM   #7
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In the game I used to play U-46(Type VII) but in WAW2 I'm U-140 which is a IID.
The only picture of U-140 that I found is in my signature-the second one,


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for my regular patrols i use U-73, but for WaW2 right now im using U-141
You must be August Maus.Glad to serve with you in the Weddigen
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Old 08-27-06, 03:29 AM   #8
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hi,

@popol0011 - you have a famous u-boat, U-47 - commanded by Gunter Prien, it sneaked into Scapa Flow and sunk a Battleship, see

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u47.htm

and

http://www.uboat.net/articles/index.html?article=34

Mine, out of interest, is a type II : U-63, and in reality didn't achieve a great deal - being sunk near the Shetlands by a combined RN destroyer and submarine attack

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Old 08-27-06, 04:54 AM   #9
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How I got my number was adding the letters in my first, second and third name, and I came up with..... U -657. I 've researched this boat on u-boat net and every other site but there is limited information on this boat.
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Old 08-27-06, 07:00 AM   #10
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Old 08-27-06, 09:06 AM   #11
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I'm using U-93. I used renown to get my VIIC early, so I picked one of the earliest type VIIC's to go into service.
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Old 08-27-06, 10:35 AM   #12
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For my U - number I used some numbers from the ancient Chinese custom of I Ching, where the numbers I chose represent a specific outcome or anwser, kind of like a horoscope. The ones I chose were 29 - The Deep and 7 - The Army, hence U-297. I don't recall the specific meanings of each, but I'm sure I could find it if I Googled I Ching.
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Old 08-27-06, 02:09 PM   #13
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My U-Boot, the Proud U-77 command by Kapitänleutnant Rudi Thieme (Me eheh). Sorry but no sig whiet.
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Old 08-27-06, 02:16 PM   #14
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You must be August Maus.Glad to serve with you in the Weddigen
Yes that would be me You must be Hans Enaceo Fritz.
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Old 08-27-06, 02:42 PM   #15
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You must be August Maus.Glad to serve with you in the Weddigen
Yes that would be me You must be Hans Enaceo Fritz.
Yep you got that right!
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