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Those figures are correct but represent mean averages. Most skippers could do better. It is generally acknowledged that the Germans subs were performing the period\'s quickest crash dives. The average time in the Allied field was about two minutes and neither the IJN nor the RMI did anything speedier.
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Walter M.
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RE: Crash Dive Elapsed Time
Posted by:
Walter M
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Date: May 12, 2001 08:12PM
Those figures are correct but represent mean averages. Most skippers could do better. It is generally acknowledged that the Germans subs were performing the period\'s quickest crash dives. The average time in the Allied field was about two minutes and neither the IJN nor the RMI did anything speedier.
Greetings
Walter M.
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Crash Dive Elapsed Time | Declan Kerney | 05/10/2001 09:56PM |
RE: Crash Dive Elapsed Time | Walter M | 05/12/2001 08:12PM |
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