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Re: U 96 net cutter
Posted by: Don Prince ()
Date: March 09, 2009 03:11AM

Hi Don,

Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's photos taken on the patrol that started October 26, 1941 the upper net cutter is not present. The photos are available in the book U-Boat War.

I found this on the internet....

[amp.rokket.biz]

For model-makers wishing to make U-96, the following details of the boat's modification may be useful -

Net cutters = NC, breakwaters=bw, wind deflector= wd

U96- 14/09/40 Commissioned NC-yes bw-yes wd-no
12/04/41-22/05/41 (patrol 4) NC-yes bw-no wd=yes
27/10/41-06/12/41 (patrol 7) NC-no bw-no wd-yes

The U-96 in the movie Das Boot has the following combination: nc-yes, bw-yes, wd-yes.

Ironically, I think the movie got it wrong...

Regatds,
Don_

"A man's got to know his limitations..."
Harry Callahan, SFPD

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