Was the XXI pointless???

[IrischKapitan]

Originally Posted by CCIP

Likewise, building the XXIs in sections as they were was a lot more efficient than the VIIs. For all we know, it was perhaps more efficient than upgrading the older fleet.

Yes the XXI was built in sections, but most of them by slave labour. Therefore they were badly manufactured, ill-fitting and when they got to port they were often missing equipment, which added to the lenght of time for them to become operational.

But If they had being avaible in '41 and in suffficent numbers, britian would not have lasted........ Dont get me wrong the tecnology was there, you only have to look at the jappeneese No. 71 sub (nearly always overlooked by historians).



But i think the blame lay with Hitler, he was always sceptical of his U-boat arm
which left donitz to make the best of a bad situation..................