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Re: DasBoot depth charge
Posted by: cate ()
Date: October 16, 2002 06:13AM

<HTML>Hello Stan

I hadn't heard that the crewmen of U-123 had said that. Interesting. I suppose they would know, though I haven't heard of any other uboat men who have voiced that particular criticism.

As I understand it the 'falling around' was quite genuine in the film, as the set was on a gimbel that rocked and shook in a way to (theoretically) emulate the movement of a sub being subject to blast wave attack at depth. How drastically this would affect the vessel I had supposed would depend on the force/proximity of the depth charges. Clearly there would come a point where if the explosive force was too great or close it would inflict unsustainable damage on the boat. I have no idea at which point that would come, (subject to variables perhaps, like which part of the pressure hull took the brunt of the blast) and how much physical movement would manifest itself before the punishment it was taking would result in its destruction.

Would an explosive wave that caused that much violent movement in reality have been severe enough to have destoyed the uboat? I would be interested to know.

Cate</HTML>

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DasBoot depth charge Stan 10/15/2002 11:28AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge cate 10/16/2002 06:13AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge J.T. McDaniel 10/16/2002 09:33AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge ROBERT M. 10/16/2002 10:15PM
Re: DasBoot depth charge J.T. McDaniel 10/17/2002 12:08AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge ROBERT M. 10/16/2002 10:29PM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Klaus Topaz 10/16/2002 03:43PM
Re: DasBoot depth charge ROBERT M. 10/16/2002 11:48PM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Patrick Meagher 10/21/2002 01:49AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge ROBERT M. 10/21/2002 02:57AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Patrick Meagher 10/22/2002 01:00AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge ROBERT M. 10/22/2002 02:29AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge - Iron Coffins Photograph Phil Johnson 11/01/2002 08:52PM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Steve Roberts 10/17/2002 10:07AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Stan 10/17/2002 11:31AM
Re: DasBoot depth charge Chris M. 10/18/2002 09:15PM


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