Well, after bashing movies like Midway for stuff like that the ship positions in harbour were wrong, I must say this trailer provided some much needed perspective.
Now disclaimer, I haven't seen the actual movie, since it's not out yet, so I'm just going off on the trailer. But boy, is even that so completely wrong.
Just the fact that an uboot would just surface alongside a DESTROYER to have a bit of a duel is just... painful to watch. I mean, forget the main guns. Even the 40mm AA pompoms or even 20mm AA guns could go right through a type VII's pressure hull, which was anywhere between about three quarters of an inch and 1.1 inch thick (in the C/42 model.) Meaning that, depending on the model, even the .50 machineguns could poke holes in it or at the very least pose a significant risk of cracking it. Partial penetrations are a thing too.
Besides, what exactly would it DO if it popped up next to a destroyer, anyway? How would you even shoot at the destroyer? Manning the 88mm gun took some time, not the least because you had to go out through the conning tower, go down on the deck, bring out the ammo, etc. While being out in the open next to a frikken destroyer with machineguns on it. Like, what the hell?
And yes, it's not even an armed merchant cruiser or corvette, much as even that would be bloody suicidal to just pop up next to. It's supposed to be a destroyer.
Now disclaimer, I haven't seen the actual movie, since it's not out yet, so I'm just going off on the trailer. But boy, is even that so completely wrong.
Just the fact that an uboot would just surface alongside a DESTROYER to have a bit of a duel is just... painful to watch. I mean, forget the main guns. Even the 40mm AA pompoms or even 20mm AA guns could go right through a type VII's pressure hull, which was anywhere between about three quarters of an inch and 1.1 inch thick (in the C/42 model.) Meaning that, depending on the model, even the .50 machineguns could poke holes in it or at the very least pose a significant risk of cracking it. Partial penetrations are a thing too.
Besides, what exactly would it DO if it popped up next to a destroyer, anyway? How would you even shoot at the destroyer? Manning the 88mm gun took some time, not the least because you had to go out through the conning tower, go down on the deck, bring out the ammo, etc. While being out in the open next to a frikken destroyer with machineguns on it. Like, what the hell?
And yes, it's not even an armed merchant cruiser or corvette, much as even that would be bloody suicidal to just pop up next to. It's supposed to be a destroyer.
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