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RE: U-571 Accuracy
Posted by: Greg Day-Camp ()
Date: January 02, 2001 06:12AM

<HTML>I almost forgot--there\'s one other glaring error--in two parts. The movie makes a big deal out of the Germans sending out a \"supply sub.\" If that means a Milchkuh (Milk Cow) sub, a Type XIV (it doesn\'t necessarily mean that, considering how far \"out to sea\" the movie is when it comes to historical accuracy), here\'s my objections:

1. a Type XIV sub was shorter and fatter than a Type VII. (The U. S. boat was made up to look like a Type VII.) One obvious thing the commander of the U-571 would have noticed was the deck gun. A Type XIV didn\'t have one.

2. Wasn\'t it cute when the real supply sub showed up and squeezed off all those torpedoes? That showed a great deal of skill on the part of the skipper, since a supply sub DIDN\'T HAVE TORPEDO TUBES.</HTML>

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U-571 Accuracy Josh Trower 01/02/2001 03:14AM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Greg Day-Camp 01/02/2001 05:49AM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Greg Day-Camp 01/02/2001 06:12AM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Jeffrey LaRue 01/02/2001 05:58PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Greg Day-Camp 01/02/2001 06:40PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Jeffrey LaRue 01/03/2001 06:15PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy MCE 01/02/2001 06:48PM
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RE: Existence of 109T confirmed (off topic) Greg Day-Camp 01/03/2001 04:47PM
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RE: U-571 Accuracy Steve Cooper 01/03/2001 12:38PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Thomas C. 01/03/2001 03:41PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Greg Day-Camp 01/03/2001 04:40PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Steve Cooper 01/02/2001 01:39PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Josh Trower 01/02/2001 05:40PM
RE: U-571 Accuracy Clark 01/03/2001 12:48AM
RE: U-571 - where the name came from kurt 01/03/2001 11:26PM
RE: U-571 - where the name came from Greg Day-Camp 01/04/2001 04:55AM
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RE: U-571 - where the name came from Stewart 01/06/2001 04:23PM
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