Type Ix Or 7??

[T.Von Hogan]

IXB is a fine submarine, one of its biggest advantages in my mind is its air capacity. Its kinda nice being able to stay under 17-18 hrs at a time without C02 levels rising above 50%. Especially in the summertime.

[Tessa]

Another aspect of the IX's is that their dive rate is extremely slow. There's a good chance that you'll take damage just from trying to dive which is frustrating as hell. Conversely though when weather permits my AA PO's shoot down a lot of planes. Oddly enough though O2 seems to be the biggest problem for long submerged sessions, my boat will run out of air before the batteries die.

[ReM]

I have a bit of a deja-vu feeling.......

Anyway I like both U-boats.......

The VII because it feels just right, the type IX because of more eels to fire.

But it is also a matter of taste, therefore I prefer the VII, but for no specific reason...i just like it more, something like preferring vanilla icecream over strawberry.

[STEED]

Try them all.

[Grayson02sept1980]

Played with a VIIc so far and liked it best:
Faster when it comes to under water (agility and speed)
the smaller torp load is not the problem imho

the IX was always
-too big
- too slow (under water)
- too long patrols

But as said above... I will give it a try now in my second GWX career (the first one was ended by a fatal windows crash and the loss of a whole partition )

So I started (after I installed EVERYTHING again) my second career in '42 with a IXc and will see :hmm:

Both boats are good its just a matter what you want from wour boat.
If you want to be fast and sneaky under water I suggest you stick with your VII as the IX really is much bigger and more like a buss
But when it comes to firepower the IX is well equiped to rip a whole convoy to pieces (once you have shot the DDs )

[Jimbuna]

I joined the navy to see the world
But what did I see
I saw the sea

Visit those far off places in a monsun boat or loiter around West Africa, the Caribbean or East coast of America......IX

[Grayson02sept1980]

First convoy encounter with my IX in year '42... sneaking in was not a problem!

The boat is very slow compared ti the VII but hey... that is the price for 22 torps and a range of almost 19.000 at 10kts ( the VIIc can still make 12-13.000 at this speed)