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Voice Tubes
Posted by: Derek ()
Date: May 30, 2001 07:04PM

I think it interesting how the Americans and Germans addressed the same technological challenges in their subs in different ways.

Here’s something I’ve wondered about: German U-boats made extensive use of “voice tubes,” for intra-sub communication. (Wasn’t there even a bridge-to-control tube…which I assume would have to be plugged upon diving?)

The American fleet boats used the microphone/speaker system between compartments (and bridge).

Which was better? What is the quality of transmission of speech through a curving, thin voice tube? These voice tubes always seemed a little archaic when compared to say, the German torpedo firing computer.

Any thoughts?

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Voice Tubes Derek 05/30/2001 07:04PM
RE: Voice Tubes Scott 05/30/2001 10:39PM
RE: Voice Tubes Derek 05/31/2001 08:07PM
RE: Voice Tubes Scott 05/31/2001 08:15PM
RE: Voice Tubes J.T. McDaniel 06/01/2001 03:05AM
RE: Voice Tubes Steve Cooper 06/04/2001 12:50PM


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