Movies and Films
This is the forum for Movie and Film discussions. Again, our topic is naval warfare in WWII for the most part.
RE: U-571 Accuracy
Posted by:
Greg Day-Camp
()
Date: January 02, 2001 06:40PM
<HTML>But in that case, the Type IXD cargo transports lacked torpedo tubes as well., and according to the information on this site, the IXD\'s weren\'t in service until 1943. There were a few Type IXD2 variants, but those were attack boats. I don\'t think they were used for carrying supplies.
Jeffrey LaRue wrote:
-------------------------------
If (!) the supply sub was in fact one of the purpose-built variants, then that would have been a very surprising response from the captain of the supply sub.
However, we could just as easily assume that the \\\'supply sub\\\' was a Type IXD (or some such variant)
...it is, after all, a just movie.
-Jeff</HTML>
Jeffrey LaRue wrote:
-------------------------------
If (!) the supply sub was in fact one of the purpose-built variants, then that would have been a very surprising response from the captain of the supply sub.
However, we could just as easily assume that the \\\'supply sub\\\' was a Type IXD (or some such variant)
...it is, after all, a just movie.
-Jeff</HTML>