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Originally Posted by derstosstrupp
The type VII was used in the open sea similar to the IX,
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Very true up to 1944, however my understanding is that after D-day the type VII's usually operated in inshore waters around the UK and off Norway. They were no longer able to chase convoys on the surface, and the difficult inshore sonar conditions gave them a chance of escape if they revealed themselves by attacking. There's a book about it "Donitz's last gamble", that I have to admit to not reading
i don't think SH3 can really model late war accurately. There's no advantage to sitting on the bottom (isn't there a mod for that?), but then on the other side no foxers or tactics to counter acoustic torpedoes, no mk24 mine, no sonobouys, no squid... In those circumstances including the type XXI is a bit like including a UFO.
It's still a good challenge trying to end the war in a conventional boat, and if you don't use the external views it's difficult to detect that things are not proceeding as they should historically. Unfortunately I have always failed the challenge!