Type VII or type IX

[Puster Bill]

Originally Posted by S Rafty

I agree, IID is a nice boat.

I prefer the VIIB Dont see the point in the C, slower.

Easy for shortish patrols, and can get good tonnage in a VII aswell as making a mess of smaller ports. IX cant be swung around ina port when DDsare saying hello the not so nice way.


(Btw anyone know how to automaticlaly get a ourse plotted on the Kiel cannel, is tkaing me ages to get through there atm)

First, The VIIC is slightly slower speed-wise, but slightly quicker to dive. That helps against your biggest threat, aircraft.

Second, it is slightly lengthened which allows you to add very useful things later in the war, things like schnorkels, radar, extra AA guns, etc.

As for getting through the Kiel canal, here is what you do:

Before you even start your engines, go to the map screen, click on your navigator, and then click on the icon for search patterns. You will see three: A standard search pattern, Kiel In, and Kiel Out. Click on 'Kiel Out', and that will plot an automatic course through the canal for you.

On your way back in, place a waypoint *EXACTLY* on the point marked 'Kiel Inbound', then hit the 'Kiel In' search pattern.