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Achilles heel outside of pressure hull?
Posted by: Tom Iwanski ()
Date: April 13, 2001 02:03AM

Hello all,

Were there critical components external to the pressure hull that were definitely fatal to the u-boat if damaged in a D/C attack? I\'ve read about ruptured ballast tanks, fuel oil tanks, etc., but was there any single, external component that was vital to get a u-boat on the surface again?

Thanks, as always,

Tom Iwanski

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Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Tom Iwanski 04/13/2001 02:03AM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Ger Wallace 04/13/2001 01:39PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Ken Dunn 04/13/2001 09:57PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Tom Iwanski 04/16/2001 03:53PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Rainer Bruns 04/16/2001 08:42PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Ken Dunn 04/16/2001 10:51PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Tom Iwanski 04/17/2001 02:52PM
Pressure SuperKraut 04/18/2001 06:39PM
RE: Pressure Rainer Bruns 04/18/2001 08:12PM
More questions Tom Iwanski 04/19/2001 11:54AM
RE: More questions J.T. McDaniel 04/19/2001 12:18PM
More pressure SuperKraut 04/19/2001 03:13PM
air tanks and depth charges kurt 04/19/2001 03:43PM
Second skin SuperKraut 04/19/2001 06:58PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? bernard zimmermann 04/18/2001 03:18AM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? J.T. McDaniel 04/18/2001 12:26PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Rainer Bruns 04/18/2001 01:43PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? J.T. McDaniel 04/18/2001 03:35PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Rainer Bruns 04/18/2001 08:10PM
RE: Achilles heel outside of pressure hull? Ken Dunn 04/18/2001 09:32PM
RE: Second skin bernard zimmermann 04/22/2001 06:16AM
Higher internal pressure SuperKraut 04/22/2001 07:05AM
RE: Second skin Ken Dunn 04/22/2001 01:53PM
RE: Second skin Ken Dunn 04/22/2001 02:10PM
RE: Second skin bernard zimmermann 04/27/2001 04:06AM


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