| Folgore | Not that the kit itself was bad per se, but if there's one place I wouldn't want to have been in WWII, it's inside a U-boat. Something like 66% to 75% personnel loss rates over the course of the war ... Not good survival odds! |
Fair comment, Folgore. You are right to point out that the two main types of U-Boat were fit for the job, although a little cramped. They were well constructed, and could, in general, take a lot of pounding when they had to.
The first attempts at mounting a shnorkel were supposed to have been fraught with problems. The things sucked in water when they should not have, and this may be the most bothersome piece of kit for them. Problems were ironed out eventually though, and the shnorkel proved to be a good innovation.
One area which proved to be a great problem for all the navies( except the Japanese ) with subs was the question of torpedoes, and contact and magnetic fuses.