Who had the best submarines in wwII?

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Very true, but how deep is only one factor. As was stated earlier, US subs would have had a harder time against British (and US) ASW techniques, but there is no way a 7C could have conducted a war across the distances required in the Pacific war.

I sometimes joke about US boats being better because they had showers, laundry, refrigerators and ice cream, but morale is also a factor in the isolation of life inside a submarine. Which is the better boat depends much on the situation and type of warfare being conducted.

Totaly agreed with you, both subs(US & German) was designed for different tasks and they performed best in ther field of use. Hardly is to imagine survival of US sub in high aircraft & destroyers traffic on atlantic or Med. and also vice versa german u boat who needs to cross over entire Pacific to pound some Japs.

My first post are based on hipotetical engagment of uboat vs british destroyer and then US sub vs brit. DD. OK this is my point of view... but i think that the VIIc/41 is more suitable for this, but this dont´t need to be also opinion of all others here in discussion.