Do I Need These Guys?

Iron Budokan · 01-28-07, 12:20 PM

When I choose realistic crew numbers on SH3 Commander and then go to my barracks I have men I can still choose to fill out my sub. But when I do I have a total complement of 51, but that is just like stock. So to have the realistic number of crewmembers do I not get more men but just take what SH3 gives me?

I ask because I have seen conflicting numbers on how many guys are on a VIIC. Sometimes I have seen as low as 44 and then 51 in the stock game.

What is the normal (historical average) number of men aboard a VIIC?

bigboywooly · 01-28-07, 01:26 PM

Uboat.net gives 44-52

http://uboat.net/types/viic.htm

Suppose it depends on the amount of flak guns you have aboard
More guns need more crew

Jimbuna · 01-28-07, 04:30 PM

Max out your crew numbers...you'll be glad of the replacement options when fatigue sets in

Iron Budokan · 01-28-07, 05:13 PM

That is what I always do, I just wanted to be sure I was keeping within historical limits. Thanks!

Lanzfeld · 01-29-07, 12:26 AM

Also....

If you are using NYGM, it is in the readme for NYGM 2.2 to select Standard Crew in SH-3 Commander. Hard to find but it is in there.

3Jane · 01-29-07, 07:18 AM

No quite the same thing I know, but I think I remember in Lothar-Günther Buchheim's book 'u-boat war' they fitted about 200 people in a VIIC whilst evacuating one of the French ports and heading to Norway. I think it was St Nazaire.:p

01-28-07, 12:20 PM	#1
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Do I Need These Guys? When I choose realistic crew numbers on SH3 Commander and then go to my barracks I have men I can still choose to fill out my sub. But when I do I have a total complement of 51, but that is just like stock. So to have the realistic number of crewmembers do I not get more men but just take what SH3 gives me? I ask because I have seen conflicting numbers on how many guys are on a VIIC. Sometimes I have seen as low as 44 and then 51 in the stock game. What is the normal (historical average) number of men aboard a VIIC? __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-28-07, 01:26 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Uboat.net gives 44-52 http://uboat.net/types/viic.htm Suppose it depends on the amount of flak guns you have aboard More guns need more crew __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

01-28-07, 04:30 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Max out your crew numbers...you'll be glad of the replacement options when fatigue sets in __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-28-07, 05:13 PM	#4
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	maxing out That is what I always do, I just wanted to be sure I was keeping within historical limits. Thanks! __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

01-29-07, 07:18 AM	#6
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No quite the same thing I know, but I think I remember in Lothar-Günther Buchheim's book 'u-boat war' they fitted about 200 people in a VIIC whilst evacuating one of the French ports and heading to Norway. I think it was St Nazaire.:p __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)

01-29-07, 12:26 AM	#5
Lanzfeld Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Tripoli, PA Posts: 994 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Also.... If you are using NYGM, it is in the readme for NYGM 2.2 to select Standard Crew in SH-3 Commander. Hard to find but it is in there.