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Originally Posted by AngusJS

Don't forget the single engine German fighter flying around out in the middle of the Atlantic. I guess the Graf Zeppelin finally made it out of port in this movie?

But it gets even sillier than that, because IIRC in that same scene, the sub captain tells his crew to act normal, and has to prevent one of them from manning the AA guns.

As if the German pilot would be able to tell if anything is suspicious or not as he buzzes the u-boat.

And wouldn't the correct, and least suspicious thing to do simply be to crash dive?

Sounds like a large part of Das Boot.

It's annoying because the real stories of the war are so much more interesting than the crap Hollywood thinks it has to make up.

sounds like you havent actually watched it Hmmmmmmmmm? the fighter was running a recon screen for a destroyer, however maybe it was launched from a cruiser that was maybe a hundred miles away perhaps o.O? maybe it was the Koln? or the lutzow? however it is inaccurate to have german ships out in the atlantic, as they rarely went out. however this wasnt as blatent, because theyre very well couldve been german destroyers if they wanted to be out there. there couldntve been such an underawter battle, however.

and the captain told them to stay calm and not do anything stupid. He had to keep the guy actually MANNING the flak gun to not shoot, because another guy was shouting at him and telling him to shoot down the aircraft.

they couldnt crash dive because it was too late before they spotted the plane, and the captured german prisoner (which was, in fact, the captain of the uboat, but they didnt know that) sabatoged hydralics and other systems, and killed mezzola, who was the guy who shouted at the guy manning the flak gun to shoot the aircraft. then he was subdued again.

and if they shot and missed the plane, it wouldve radioed in that they were aboard the uboat, and the integrity of the mission ( and their lives) wouldve been compromised.


and, yes while das boot had alot of sitting around, but it had action as well, and very dramatic action too. i doubt you went out on patrol and had all that happen. a normal patrol in real life and in the game consists of rarely sighting ships, and once you found one you sankit clean a quick. some of us dont like going after convoys because of destroyers, like real captains did, and rather sink single and stragglers.