syscom3
Pacific Historian
Sometimes the airport in Fairbanks would be socke din from weather for several days at a time.
The war wasnt effected then, was it?
The war wasnt effected then, was it?
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JugBR said:germany doesnt have any kind of "comandos" like that
And even if the commando's knocked out the torpedo factory, no big deal. They weren't working either.
I wonder who that might beSome people here
Then again, others tend to forget that the bunks were already hot bunked and are not available for anyone else.seem ignorant to the fact that the forward torpedo room is by far not the only room used for bunking in the boat.
All the torpedos for use were kept in the torpedo rooms, so the space you see is the space you have. There is of course the rear torpedo room which was half the size so multiply what you see by 50%.Also just by looking at the picture and seeing how much room a single torp actually takes up there should be no doubt that if 63 men could be onboard when 22 of those torpedoes were carried then without them another 25-30 men should be able to come along.
Which carried 24 instead of 22 torpedo's which isn't a huge difference. Also you have made the same mistake in your assumptions that exta size equalls more space inside. British nuclear attack subs for instance, which are huge by WW2 standards still had hot bunks and could not carry 30 additional troops.Also ignored is that a different and larger type boat than the Type IX is suggested for the operation.
As long as the equipment is basically small arms and the size of backpacks I don't believe that would be a problem.And then there's the equipment of the commandoes, well as tried to be explained most of the German subs featured top cargo holds with enough space for 4 - 6 torpedoes combined, making for plenty of room for the 8 -10 or so equipment boxes needed.