Inside The Control Room During A DC Attack

[Weiss Pinguin]

I bet the control room get real crowded during a DC attack

[K-61]

I've got that photo in one of my Time-Life books. There's a series of Bucheim's photos in there, all fantastic snapshots of U-boat life.

[pickinthebanjo]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

I bet the control room get real crowded during a DC attack

I don't think I would want to be in the Control room during an attack, to much to get slammed into and not enough space

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by pickinthebanjo

I don't think I would want to be in the Control room during an attack, to much to get slammed into and not enough space

As opposed to the rest of the u-boat, which is quite roomy and decorated for the most part in a "big cushy pillows and no sharp corners" motif.

Altho to be fair I suppose lying flat out in one's bunk and holding onto something would be preferable given an option.

[K-61]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

As opposed to the rest of the u-boat, which is quite roomy and decorated for the most part in a "big cushy pillows and no sharp corners" motif.

Altho to be fair I suppose lying flat out in one's bunk and holding onto something would be preferable given an option.

And do a Leutnant Werner: Pull the curtains closed, look at a picture of Mommy and Daddy while you cry yourself to sleep.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

As opposed to the rest of the u-boat, which is quite roomy and decorated for the most part in a "big cushy pillows and no sharp corners" motif.

Altho to be fair I suppose lying flat out in one's bunk and holding onto something would be preferable given an option.

Nope being in the DD dropping the DC's is the preferred position. Much less chance of getting crushed to death or being stabbed with a sharp piece of U-boat.

Originally Posted by TarJak

Nope being in the DD dropping the DC's is the preferred position. Much less chance of getting crushed to death or being stabbed with a sharp piece of U-boat.

Until that U-boats Kaluen gets really irked off by you DCing him and after you think hes dead but hes really alive and kicking, he decides to make it his personal mission to sink you, in which case he pursues your from your stern fires 2 magnetics into your prop, making you a sitting duck in the water then goes broadside and fires all 4 tubes into you then surfaces to get on the bridge and laugh as he watches you and your boat plummet to 1000+ Km of crushing water pressure just waiting to happen that will snap your bones like skinny twigs. Then youd wish you were in the U-Boat Too graphic anyone?

[desirableroasted]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

Until that U-boats Kaluen gets really irked off by you DCing him and after you think hes dead but hes really alive and kicking, he decides to make it his personal mission to sink you, in which case he pursues your from your stern fires 2 magnetics into your prop, making you a sitting duck in the water then goes broadside and fires all 4 tubes into you then surfaces to get on the bridge and laugh as he watches you and your boat plummet to 1000+ Km of crushing water pressure just waiting to happen that will snap your bones like skinny twigs. Then youd wish you were in the U-Boat Too graphic anyone?

Ah, the idle dreams of youth.

A skilled captain would slip away.

A less-skilled captain would (if pressed) use one magnetic pistol on a steamer, under the hull, to disable the escort, then slip away.

Jerry Bruckheimer would waste two magnetics into the props (but he would add big explosions), and then fire four more (more explosions).

I do like the 1000+ kilometers idea... how far down is that?

Less Jerry. More Wolfgang.

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

Ah, the idle dreams of youth.

A skilled captain would slip away.

A less-skilled captain would (if pressed) use one magnetic pistol on a steamer, under the hull, to disable the escort, then slip away.

Jerry Bruckheimer would waste two magnetics into the props (but he would add big explosions), and then fire four more (more explosions).

I do like the 1000+ kilometers idea... how far down is that?

Less Jerry. More Wolfgang.

It wasnt meant to be taken litterally.

EDIT: The Km was a typo too.

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

As opposed to the rest of the u-boat, which is quite roomy and decorated for the most part in a "big cushy pillows and no sharp corners" motif.

I see you've been to my boat. You don't know how hard it is to convince a good interior decorator to work on a u-boat these days.

[timmy41]

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

I see you've been to my boat. You don't know how hard it is to convince a good interior decorator to work on a u-boat these days.

my favorite part is the pair of fuzzy dice in the tower

[ediko]

That's why you decorated it yourself?

Actually I kinda like you're IX command room interior

Originally Posted by Puster Bill

I see you've been to my boat. You don't know how hard it is to convince a good interior decorator to work on a u-boat these days.

[Jimbuna]

santas grotto is usually well situated in the conning tower.

[Elektranaut]

The photo reminds me of the ones Robert Capa took of the troops running through the water towards Omaha Beach on D-Day.The images are blurred but there's a real sense of motion,action and danger,you feel your'e right there running up that hellish beach.