Did you know you have more of a chance of dying as a U-Boat sailor

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>>31663375

U-375

Victories:

Victories:
9 merchant ships sunk (16,852 GRT)
1 merchant ship total loss (6,288 GRT)
1 warship damaged (2,650 tons)

Fate:

U-375 was sunk, after being depth charged by USN submarine chaser PC-624, on 30 July 1943 at position 36°40′N 12°28′E in the Mediterranean NW of Malta. All hands were lost.

>>31663397
Rolling Nice stats OP

>>31663375
The Infantry had the highest casualty rate.

>>31663430

No, it isn't even remotely close (any country).

>>31663430
>The Infantry had the highest casualty rate.
Total killed sure but 3/4 U-Boats never returned home. Also rolling.

>>31663562
>Sunk on 19 February 1943 in the Mediterranean Sea north-east of Bengazi, in position 32.57N, 20.54E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Isis and the British escort destroyer HMS Hursley, after being located by a British Wellington aircraft (38 Sqn RAF/S). 49 dead (all hands lost).

Well I just got fucked.

>>31663430

Ah, sorry if you meant total killed as

>>31663562

said then yea. But the percentage (aka: chance you are going to die) of men that died out of the total men in the branch isn't even close when comparing the two.

>>31663582
>Well I just got fucked.
Correction, HE got fucked.

rollan

>>31663634
Commanders
6 Aug 1942 - 2 Feb 1943 Oblt. Hans-Günther Brosin
28 Jan 1943 - 30 Aug 1943 Oblt. Eberhard Dahlhaus
Career
3 patrols
6 Aug 1942 - 31 Jan 1943 5. Flottille (training)
1 Feb 1943 - 30 Aug 1943 9. Flottille (active service)
Successes 1 ship sunk, total tonnage 7,176 GRT
Fate

Sunk on 30 August 1943 in the North Atlantic east of the Azores, in position 40.13N, 19.24W, by depth charges from the British sloop HMS Stork and the British corvette HMS Stonecrop. 47 dead (all hands lost).

rollan

>>31663562
You are comparing apples to oranges. 10% of the Heer was actually deployed as combat personnel, while 100% of U-boat saillors were.

>>31663815

Yours was cancelled.

U-boat
>U-815
>Type IXC/40
>Cancelled 6 Nov 1943
>Suspended 30 Sep 1943

>>31663903
U-903
>No ships sunk or damaged
>Scuttled on 5 May 1945 in the Gelting Bay.

welp.

>>31663375
>My game I stole from /b/ a year ago
Glad it had an impact.

Rolling for max tonnage

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>>31663933

Tfw never even got to be a submarine

>>31663375
Oh what the hell
Rollin

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>>31663933
>>31663980

Hang on, I'll take U33. That was at least an existing ship.

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>Kinda makes you wish you'd signed up for submarines, don't it?

>>31663582
>sunk near Bengazi
What did that sub know about Clinton?

>>31664040
U-4040 was suspended before it was even ordered, wtf?
>Ordered: 23 NOV 1944
>Suspended: 12 OCT 1944

>>31664034

Even in things like the Battle of De Nang valley you had MUCH more of a chance of surviving then just being an everyday sailor in the U-Boat service. So that's a good example of how crazy it really was.

>>31663375
rolling

>>31664040
>>31664091
U-40 killed nothing and was sunk by a mine in the English channel, all but 3 crew died

>>31664108
U-108

Sunk at her dock in 1944. Raised and then decommissioned before being scuttled in 1945.

>>31664094
>Battle of De Nang valley

Battle of Ia Drang

Getting something as simple as that wrong makes me doubt everything you claim.

>>31663375
Tfw mate is aiming for sub while in the navy
Hope he makes it. Rollan for us both.

>>31664149
Unless a major conventional war breaks out he's probably okay.

>>31663582
>Benghazi
>HMS Isis
>ISIS

Britain behind instability in Middle East absolutely confirmed.

>>31663375
Roll

>>31664163
Sunk 2 UK ships, 1 US ship, and a Brazilian ship, then got sunk by a Canadian ship, all hands lost.

>>31664132
U-132

Sank eight ships before being lost with all hands.

>>31664163
I meant make it to subs, but yeah.

>>31664144

Okay, then just look it up yourself. I didn't know this was some sort of mean-hearted argument; I was just sharing an interesting fact about WWII and one of my favorite subjects, Naval history and especially U-Boats. It's not like I am making things up.

The battle of la Drang Valley had (as a non-conservative estimate) around 50 percent KIA casualties.

>>31664257
Which sub did the best and was the most badass? Highest killcount and such.

>>31664273
U-48 sank a heap of ships.
http://www.uboat.net/boats/u48.htm

>>31664273
Not the point of the thread, roll your own and see.

>

Sunk on 19 May 1943 in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland, in position 59.25N, 24.33W, by depth charges from a British Hudson aircraft (269 Sqn RAF/M). 46 dead (all hands lost).

You just got fucked.

>>31664298
Shit man, i was just asking since yall seemed big on subs.
>>31664281
Neat. Thanks mate.

>>31664296

>No ships sunk or damaged
Fate
Sunk on or about 12 March 1945 in the western entrance of the Northern Channel, in approx. position 55.30N, 07.00W, by a mine in the British minefields T1 or T2. 42 dead (all hands lost).

>Sunk 22 March 1945 in the Northern Channel, in position 55.23N, 06.40W, by aerial torpedoes from a British Liberator (Sqdn. 120/B). (Postwar assessment)
Notes. This attack was actually against a nonsub target.

This is just bullshit, I god blindfired by a fucking torpedo bomber that didnt even aim for me.

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>>31664273

Not positive off the top of my head about the most succesful individual U-Boat, but the most successful U-Boat captain was Otto Kretschmer with 47 ships sunk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Kretschmer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_successful_U-boat_commanders#World_War_II

Here is part of an interview with him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbuF5ha4lCs

Sort of a random pick of a video; but from there you can click around and see him and other U-Boat skippers answer various questions and talk about their service.

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Walk through of the U-Boat memorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXdJa1HRABw

>>31664347
Shidd, thanks dude.

>>31663375
Let's go

>>31663375

NEPTUNE SAVE US

>>31664903

No patrols, no victories, scuttled. At least it wasn't 'all hands lost' I guess.