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U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability
Posted by: Jukka Juutinen ()
Date: March 20, 2009 03:36PM

I am just reading Jak Showell´s "U-boat Warfare-Evolution of the Wolf Pack". Showell is pretty harsh on many characteristics of German submarines, especially factors affecting crew fighting efficiency. The question is would the fleet boat (Gato/Balao) advatntages have bee sufficient to overcome the disadvantages of larger boats if used for missions German boats did?

And why did Gerrman U-boat constructors pay so little attention to crew comforts? Especially considering the fact that German tank and aircraft industry did pay attention to this factor. Showell notes that even the Type XXI had crew comforts considerable below US or British standards.

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U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Jukka Juutinen 03/20/2009 03:36PM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Don Prince 03/21/2009 02:58AM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability JTMcDaniel 03/21/2009 08:22AM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Jukka Juutinen 03/21/2009 04:55PM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability RLoret 03/21/2009 10:11PM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Jukka Juutinen 03/23/2009 02:03AM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability RLoret 03/23/2009 05:05AM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability yellowtail3 12/11/2009 06:32PM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Ken Dunn 03/23/2009 03:41AM
Re: U-boat vs fleet boat (US) habitability Gaines Blackwell 03/25/2009 11:28PM


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