VIIB with VIIC conning tower?

[kylania]

Both U-53 (the one you posted) and U-48 (the one I posted) are VIIB boats. I guess there were multiple conning towers for VIIBs and Ubisoft picked one to use?

[Heretic]

Oscar19681 is correct. Look at the splash shield, the exhaust fairing, and the rear profile of the flak platform. It is a VIIC conning tower.

Where I think he's incorrect is in thinking that it was an oversight. It was almost certainly a case of "close enough, we ain't got time for it". It'll likely be fixed in a patch or failing that, will be modded.

[Nordmann]

Originally Posted by Heretic

It'll likely be fixed in a patch or failing that, will be modded.

I doubt that very much. If some of the posters on here can't recognise the difference between a VIIB and VIIC, then you can bet your backside Ubi certainly will not. In any case, now that the model is done, they won't go back and change it to satisfy those in the know (probably a minority). It will have to be modded, assuming the game is moddable in the first place.

[quad5]

Originally Posted by Nordmann

I doubt that very much. If some of the posters on here can't recognise the difference between a VIIB and VIIC, then you can bet your backside Ubi certainly will not. In any case, now that the model is done, they won't go back and change it to satisfy those in the know (probably a minority).

Very badly! The situation with models in game calls into question into the competence of designers UBI.

[CaptainNemo12]

Originally Posted by kylania

Both U-53 (the one you posted) and U-48 (the one I posted) are VIIB boats. I guess there were multiple conning towers for VIIBs and Ubisoft picked one to use?

Correction: The U-boat posted in this shot is actually the U-52



The type VIIB had numerous tower types during the war, the above configuration is most likely from 1940 to 1941, after which the towers were replaced with VIIC style towers and most of the boats allocated to training flotillas.

[oscar19681]

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo12

Correction: The U-boat posted in this shot is actually the U-52



The type VIIB had numerous tower types during the war, the above configuration is most likely from 1940 to 1941, after which the towers were replaced with VIIC style towers and most of the boats allocated to training flotillas.

I think you are confused with the fact that there were VIIC,s with wirecutters. I never seen any evidence that there were ever VIIB,s with a VIIC tower.

[CaptainNemo12]

Originally Posted by oscar19681

I think you are confused with the fact that there were VIIC,s with wirecutters. I never seen any evidence that there were ever VIIB,s with a VIIC tower.

By VIIC-style towers I meant that there was a down swept windbreaker at the top. U-52 in this case had such a modification done to her after becoming a training boat:

[oscar19681]

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo12

By VIIC-style towers I meant that there was a down swept windbreaker at the top. U-52 in this case had such a modification done to her after becoming a training boat:

I wasent talking the swept windbreakers but about the different shape of the tower itself

[oscar19681]

Seems its allready taking care off.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=162757

[CaptainNemo12]

Yes, the rear of the towers were indeed different between the B and C models, seems more logical that they would replace the windbreaker instead of the whole tower during the refit.