Are these in-game modelled malfunctions??

Kataki · 05-06-07, 12:20 PM

Id probably just set it to malfunctions because how likely is sabotage?

TheBrauerHour · 05-06-07, 01:19 PM

Actually very likely. I read Iron Coffins and if I recall, their U-boat was the victim of Sabatoge frequently.

Henri II · 05-06-07, 01:32 PM

Sabottage war apparently rather frequent later in the war, on the boats that were operating from french harbours that were staffed with french workers. I doubt there was much sabottage in german harbours.

XXi · 05-06-07, 01:51 PM

In German bases it was not so often for obvious reasons. In French and Norwegian bases, however, it was much more common as the Boats were serviced by many non-German workers and sabotage actions were made.
Besides, the shipyards where U Boats were assembled relied from 1943 onwards on slave workers, with Poles and Russians among them. So in some cases, the Boats were already made with some malfunctions. In case of original German staff please keep in mind that some staff workers had to be replaced with new, green ones so there were few reasons why technical problems were quite common not only with new XXI Boats.

BTW - I remember a friend of my late Grandfather. He was a worker at a Panzer repair station near Warsaw. He said he was taught ( just like most of his working team ) how to stick pieces of armor together so that they looked tight and OK, but were in fact very loosely. There were more such actions ongoing, I guess.

05-06-07, 12:20 PM	#1
Kataki Torpedoman Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 119 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Id probably just set it to malfunctions because how likely is sabotage? __________________

05-06-07, 01:51 PM	#4
XXi Ensign Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Warsaw, Poland / Nagoya, Japan Posts: 227 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	In German bases it was not so often for obvious reasons. In French and Norwegian bases, however, it was much more common as the Boats were serviced by many non-German workers and sabotage actions were made. Besides, the shipyards where U Boats were assembled relied from 1943 onwards on slave workers, with Poles and Russians among them. So in some cases, the Boats were already made with some malfunctions. In case of original German staff please keep in mind that some staff workers had to be replaced with new, green ones so there were few reasons why technical problems were quite common not only with new XXI Boats. BTW - I remember a friend of my late Grandfather. He was a worker at a Panzer repair station near Warsaw. He said he was taught ( just like most of his working team ) how to stick pieces of armor together so that they looked tight and OK, but were in fact very loosely. There were more such actions ongoing, I guess. __________________ lasciate ogni speranza... voi, chi entrate

05-06-07, 01:19 PM	#2
TheBrauerHour Mr. Eastwood Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 364 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	Actually very likely. I read Iron Coffins and if I recall, their U-boat was the victim of Sabatoge frequently.

05-06-07, 01:32 PM	#3
Henri II Sparky Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 156 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	Sabottage war apparently rather frequent later in the war, on the boats that were operating from french harbours that were staffed with french workers. I doubt there was much sabottage in german harbours.