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Saw-like blades at the front?
Posted by: looma32 ()
Date: January 10, 2010 02:16PM

This has been bothering me for a while so I decided to ask around here.
On many U-Boat types we can see some saw-like blades at front of the ship, what were these exactly for? And, if they were for cutting into ship's hulls, were they ever successful?

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Saw-like blades at the front? looma32 01/10/2010 02:16PM
Re: Saw-like blades at the front? Don Prince 01/10/2010 08:18PM


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