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Re: WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed
Posted by:
Don Prince
()
Date: January 13, 2014 03:58AM
I searched the internet "U-Boat VII max depth" and found this entry....
Regards,
Don_
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There is a patch available on subsim.com to correct the depths.
From that forum:
Absolute Maximum Crush Depths (no U-boat should ever, ever, EVER be able to go beyond these depths without being crushed):
Type IIA: 175 m
Type IID: 200 m
Type VIIB: 250 m
Type VIIC: 300 m
Type VIIC/41: 350 m
Type VIIC/42: 450 m
Type IX (all variants): 275 m
Type XXI: 350 m
Maximum Safe Depths (All undamaged U-boats must be able to reach these depths without being crushed):
Type IIA: 100 m
Type IID: 125 m
Type VIIB: 175 m
Type VIIC: 200 m
Type VIIC/41: 225 m
Type VIIC/42: 275 m
Type IX (all variants): 200 m
Type XXI: 250 m
Data assembled from u-boat.net and u-boatwar.net.
Regards,
RocketDog.
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"A man's got to know his limitations..."
Harry Callahan, SFPD
Regards,
Don_
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There is a patch available on subsim.com to correct the depths.
From that forum:
Absolute Maximum Crush Depths (no U-boat should ever, ever, EVER be able to go beyond these depths without being crushed):
Type IIA: 175 m
Type IID: 200 m
Type VIIB: 250 m
Type VIIC: 300 m
Type VIIC/41: 350 m
Type VIIC/42: 450 m
Type IX (all variants): 275 m
Type XXI: 350 m
Maximum Safe Depths (All undamaged U-boats must be able to reach these depths without being crushed):
Type IIA: 100 m
Type IID: 125 m
Type VIIB: 175 m
Type VIIC: 200 m
Type VIIC/41: 225 m
Type VIIC/42: 275 m
Type IX (all variants): 200 m
Type XXI: 250 m
Data assembled from u-boat.net and u-boatwar.net.
Regards,
RocketDog.
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"A man's got to know his limitations..."
Harry Callahan, SFPD
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed | Mark C. Jones | 01/12/2014 07:56PM |
Re: WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed | Don Prince | 01/13/2014 03:42AM |
Re: WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed | Don Prince | 01/13/2014 03:58AM |
Re: WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed | SnakeDoc | 01/13/2014 08:06AM |
Re: WWII U-boat diving depth, source needed | Mark C. Jones | 01/14/2014 12:23AM |