Reply With Quote3 "I" class were completed, as Opposed to 77 "Gato", 128 "Balao" and 12 "Tambors", 10 "Sargos"
The "I" class is more in the same category as the US Nautilus and Argonaut, specialized subs
Originally Posted by Silent Reader
Only comparision chart I found:
I-400 was a abnormally large submarine.
IJN A type subs were large (larger than US fleet boats) but not as large as the I-400
But generally Fleet Boats were hotels compared to U-Boats.
They had air conditioning (which was turned off when submerged however, to conserve battery power), showers, refrigerated food, water distillers that could provide enough water for both batteries and crew, and sometimes even a ice cream machine!
3 "I" class were completed, as Opposed to 77 "Gato", 128 "Balao" and 12 "Tambors", 10 "Sargos"
The "I" class is more in the same category as the US Nautilus and Argonaut, specialized subs
"I" class were all large Japanese submarines.
There were over a hundred of them in various subtypes, you mean three I-400 or "Sen Toku" class boats.
Overacted Hammy production, characters out of an Operetta.
Yeah, thought that was understood, but theses were specialized one-offs basically. IIRC we sank them to keep from giving some to the USSR as war booty.
Yes. Make sure you watch it in German with the English subtitles.
This has got to be a troll.
I saw a movie called "Das Boobs" once. It was naughty.
It was almost as good as "Shaving Ryan's privates"
Just a heads up.
More like it was felt nothing could be learned from them anyway.
The Soviets got dozens of brand new german boats and the Japanese were way behind in submarine technology.
The catapult/hangar solution was some inspiration for Regulus submarines, I think.
I've watched this movie too. In my opinion one of the best german movies ever made.
on a related note, now deceased but famed USA author Clay Blair was a submariner during WWII. I don't know what sub he was on or if he saw combat. Clay Blair is respected for his biographies of many well known WWII people, including Gen. Omar Bradley, and Gen. MacArthur, as well as many books on WWII.
well the link says he was on the USS Guardfish
x2..........U 571 is a far better movie ! Its actually a more realistic vision of WW2 german submarine crews. And the story is 100% true.
Well thats not very difficult.
Certainly not compared to *Big Brother: WW2 Underwater Edition*.
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