Does moving the crew forward help in a dive?

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't think it has any effect in the game. I'm also not sure how much effect it had in real life, since the flooding tanks at bow and stern held several tons of water that could be pumped back and forth rather quickly.

Part of the "Das Boot" mystique perhaps?

I've never heard mentioned elsewhere until last night. I'm reading "U-boats in the Mediterranean" by Larence Patterson. He has mentioned a couple of times when they moved guys up front to help trim the boat after firing torpedoes to prevent broaching, but hasn't mentioned anything about it happening during a crash dive. Same thing applies though-the boats had compensating tanks used during torpedo firing to help prevent that.