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                        U-boat question

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        U-boat question
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19, 2004 9:12 PM
                        I have a question about the net saws on U-boats..

                        Do all boats have them, or do only certain boats have them? And were they removed later on in the war?
                        For example, would it be very wrong to build the late U-552 with the net saws?(that's right, the Revell 1/72 VIICBig Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]!!)

                        Thanks for any advice!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:30 PM
                        Good question...
                        I was under the impression that the net cutters were done away w/ either before the war, or at the begining of it.
                        I'm sure one of the many U-Boat experts on this board will let us both know very soon! Big Smile [:D]
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                        philp
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by philp on Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:50 AM
                        Try uboat.net
                        They should have the answer on that site. I thought they were on the VII's but not the IX.
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                        Chuck Fan
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        Posted by Chuck Fan on Monday, June 21, 2004 7:32 PM
                        They came with Uboats built up to about middle of 1941. Uboats completely after 1941 didn't have them. Early boats that had them from factor had them removed by no later than about middle of 1942.

                        Net cutters were a left over from WWI notion where submarine would sneak into harbours guarded by anti-sub nets. Don't think any Uboat during WWII ever used them.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 12:51 AM
                        Thanks a lot Chuck Fan. I got the same answer on uboat.net.
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