Most frequently-used U-boot Class by you?

[RConch]

Type VII, till death do us part.

[Red Heat]

Originally Posted by Rconch

Type VII, till death do us part.

Amen to that mate...

[danasan]

Originally Posted by Rconch

Type VII, till death do us part.

+1 Type VII until the end.

[U505995]

VII because I feel over powered with all those torpedoes in an IX boat.

[Fubar2Niner]

VII, but when upgrade time comes round, I'm like a kid in a candy store

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

PS great news about the IX skins

[Sailor Steve]

I run a separate career out of each available flotilla simultaneously. At the start of the war this means I have a career in all three main types.

[rowi58]

Hi,

Type IX - mostly IX B and IX D/2. Some month ago i started a similar poll in the german "MarineSims-Forum". Here you can see the results.

Greetings
rowi58

[Raptor]

I start the war with a type VIIB.

Around June of 1941, I commission a type IXB or C and use it until mid-1943.

Then I drive a VIIC/41 from then on.

I never seem to survive long enough to get a XXI. I like to think I get assigned to shore duties - flotilla commander, BdU staff, marineschule, etc.

My VIIC/41 has no deck gun or gun-qualified crew members (I need all the Repair quals I can pack in). As soon as I leave port, I fire off 2 internal eels and strike down the two external reloads. By 1943, it was suicide to attempt to do that at sea and many boats went to sea without external reloads. This lets me simulate that condition. I pretend the external reload canisters are filled with canned food, clean sheets, and other necessities. I like to keep the 2nd toilet clear at all times; does great things for crew morale.

[jreid666]

Start off in 2nd Flottila out of wilhelmshaven with a VII. As soon as i earn enough renown, I upgrade to a IX

[mafansiwo]

Type XXI does not have a after torpedo tube,I dont like that.
If you have a destroyer surrounding you ,it is very difficult to fire a torpedo to the destroyer

[Jimbuna]

^ Perhaps but you can dive quicker and achieve a faster submerged speed to avoid him.

[Tupolev]

I'm definitely a Type VII fan.

That said my vote went to the II. I played so much AOD that I feel like I'm cheating if I start a career with anything other than the duck. I usually switch to the VII after 4ish patrols.

Lately though, I've been dying before I can make the upgrade!

T

[Marcello]

Originally Posted by mafansiwo

Type XXI does not have a after torpedo tube,I dont like that.
If you have a destroyer surrounding you ,it is very difficult to fire a torpedo to the destroyer

The XXI was supposed to be equipped with a rear tube for Ursel supercavitating rocket (think Shkval with lower performances) for use as anti-destroyer weapon. As with many of the more fanciful projects in late war nazi germany it did not come to fruition and the space was used to fit a lathe and other machine tools for underway repairs. The B variant of the XXI was supposed to carry six rear firing torpedo tubes in addition to the forward ones, but this came at the expense of all internal reloads. The C would have carried 18 torpedo tubes (six forward, twelve angled aft) but in addition to internal realods battery capacity would have been reduced as well.

I think of tech that *almost* changed the face of WWII. The XXI, the V2, the ME262, the German jet-powered flying wing (can't recall the name), the Stg. 44, German nuclear weapons research...can you imagine if those were all front line equipment in '39?

The V2 was a technical marvel but essentially a waste of resources. The british were about on par with the germans on jet research, so whatever the germans did, they could more or less match. Main problem with subs in 1939 was not performance but lack of numbers: there were about sixty boats while prewar estimates calculated that about a thousands were needed to achieve decisive results. Since a XXI required much more scarce resources (copper, lead, rubber etc) than a VII or an IX that means fewer subs or fewer resources for something else. The XXI begins to be really attractive only once radar becomes a standard fit for ASW assets, which in 1939 was not yet the case IIRC.

[UhUdieEule]

Hi friends of subsim simulation

I like my 7er boat, but only my IXD2 its the way to fu american coverments in
this time!

Have a nice day my friends, and ever "eine Handbreit Wasser unter dem Kiel".

Greetings from switzerland

UhU

[Sepp von Ch.]

Typ VII, the lifetime love