Turkey picks Greek bones

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Diopos

Are they build to "roll" 45 degrees at periscope depth at not so heavy sea condition? Not a "typical" German sub... (in my book anyway...).

...Ok that could be bad...

"Rig ship for heavy rolls!"
"Captain we are in port!"

Anyway exceptions, in a sense, verify the rule. There wouldn't be so much fuss over it if the sub wasn't german.....
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Naw, (Post War) German subs have had just as many problems as the subs of most other countries.

List of German sub failures:

Type 201 U Boat- Non-Magnetic Steel hull has cracks and fissues. Boats were a total failure, 9 of 12 canceled the rest rebuilt to Type 205 standards but still only served 5 years.

Type 205: The Danish Sub Narhvalen built with faulty radio causing the Danish Navy and NATO to believe she has sunk. SALEN sinks under tow 12/4/91- 2 years to fix.

Type 206: U-15 runs aground and has to be pulled back to the surface.

ARA San Luis (Type 209) and the SST-4 Torpedo: She fired around four SST-4 torpedoes which all missed because a crewman plugged the DC power cord in backwards. I guess German torpedoes are not Idiot Proof.

[Diopos]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

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I guess German torpedoes are not Idiot Proof.

They are. But you must alvays follow ze manual. Jaaa!

And please don't hurt my sub designing stereotypes!


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[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Diopos

They are. But you must alvays follow ze manual. Jaaa!

To quote U-571:

"Everything is in German!"

[Diopos]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

To quote U-571:

"Everything is in German!"

Well it's all greek to me !

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Diopos

Well it's all greek to me !

Touche'

Another German Failure to the list:

Type 202 class U Boat: These things were in service for about a year and a half. I can't even find pictures of these!

[Diopos]

[QUOTE=TLAM Strike;1364914]Touche'

Another German Failure to the list:

Type 202 class U Boat: These things were in service for about a year and a half. I can't even find pictures of these![/QUOTE


Never heard of that one! Googled it. It was a minisub. Ve Germans are not interested in ze small things. We leave them for ze Italians and FIAT!

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Diopos

Never heard of that one! Googled it. It was a minisub. Ve Germans are not interested in ze small things. We leave them for ze Italians and FIAT!

Actually the German Type 205 and 206 class submarines are not much bigger than some subs that are classified as midget submarines like the North Korean Sang-O.