SnakeDoc Wrote:

> Well, I'm not sure, if perforated covers of gauge
> glasses in the control
> room of U995 are original, war-time equipment. If
> you look on this picture
> taken during the war:
> [uboatarchive.net]
> (U570 control room), you will see something like
> steel cover, protecting
> the glass only from one side (the side of the
> glass opposite to the lineal).
> I suppose, that perforated covers were installed
> in U995 control room
> while converting U995 into museum-vessel (to
> protect glass from the visitors).

You can look into the book "Vom Original Zum Modell - U-Boot Typ VII".
On page 42 you can see the glass gauges for port regulating tanks.
On this photo, you can see, that perforated covers were not installed,
only steel covers with a sight slit. You can also see, that (most
likely) the glass gauges were pasted with some kind of strip (maybe
something similar to nowadays adhesive tape) - to prevent from
spreading the glass fragments when broken (due to shock).

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Regards
Maciek


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