VIIC/41

[Wreford-Brown]

I love my VIIC for Mediterranean patrols, but what are the advantages of a VIIC/41?
I've got a fair amount of renown stockpiled but I don't want to splash out 3000 renown if it's not really worth the upgrade.

[rifleman13]

I read that the Type VIIC/41 can go deeper than a regular VIIC.

[danurve]

Well I went from a viib to viic/41 (cobalts) and max depth went from about 230 to about 340 (test dive with plains on normal dive ahead slow). Of course the depth gauge maxes out at 260 but the # indicator and CE will tell depth.
Snorkle (late war) and some other radar jazz that I'm not sure a viib gets. Then again without the extra depth I've never had a type 7 career last past 43-44 before.

[Wreford-Brown]

Thank you, danurve.
The last patrol had me hounded by DDs for a couple of hours and the VIIC kept getting detected at 270m (I didn't dare take it any deeper!). 3000 renown is a small price to pay for the extra sea room that 70m will give me.

[predavolk]

So you CAN take a -41 to 340M? What about the -42?

[rifleman13]

Originally Posted by predavolk

So you CAN take a -41 to 340M? What about the -42?

Accdg. to Wikipedia,

The Type VIIC/42 was designed in 1942 and 1943 to replace the aging Type VIIC. It would have had a much stronger pressure hull, with skin thickness up to 28 mm, and would have dived twice as deep as the previous VIICs.

That's a crush depth of 350 to 400m!:hmm: