Some funny German U-Boat Laid down 1939 but not finished: Type XI
6 x Ø 533mm torpedo tubes (4 forward and 2 aft)
12 x torpedoes:
4 x Sk-12.7 (940 rounds)
2 x 37mm (4,000 rounds)
1 x 20mm (2,000 rounds)
1 x Arado Ar 231 in a pressure-resistant vertical well of Ø 2.26 meters (Between compartments VII and VIII)
Crew: 103 men
Might need a suggestion mod to clear this up unless the rules changed again but from the ships/boats we have in game final prints are okay I think so maybe these crimes against Poseidon could see the light of day.
Was the USA thinking these ships were going to do merchant raiding or something? What was the idea beyond they could? (found a article scouting)
My favorite subs are midget subs as there going to be a bit of a meme in game small little ankle biters
CB-class midget submarine for Italy will be a coastal demon
I think that given the performance Surcouf would theoretically have (of course, after game balancing), adding it as an event vehicle or premium vehicle as in WTM might make it too strong, so I would expect it to enter the game as a tech-tree vehicle.
Looks good however I think you could move things up a BR or two if midget subs were added like the Seehund / Biber also the battle ratings are a bit low but I know its W.I.P. I would also add HMS Seal as a premium. When UK tree is done U-570 could be the premium trade. U-505 would be a great American Premium.
It’s also the main submarine people would want from the French techtree, I really don’t see them locking it behind an event here. Mobile games tend to have a more aggressive perspective on paid content compared to PC/Console, so that doesn’t have to mean they’ll do it here.
Have to say people would want Surcouf but never play her. You poke your head above water and every cruiser and destroyer will light up the surface. Putting her in the tree will likely be the best because she won’t be that good outside of magazine depth. However would be funny with people trying to get gun kills with her.
There is also a million U-Boats for that kind of thing.
Indeed, Surcouf’s main guns and armor don’t give her much of an advantage in a real gunfight, but another advantage of Surcouf is her rear-mounted rotating torpedo launchers and her ability to carry a floatplane (of course, I don’t think Gaijin will give submarines this ability). If Gaijin gives her a speed that isn’t too low, she will have somewhat more tactical options than other submarines.
If they can perform well enough. But I can imagine there would be submarines that have lower performance than what 3.3 would require.
There is some that seem closely matched to earlier BR torpedo boats in terms of armament, and I’m not sure that the ability to dive alone is worth such a significant BR increase especially when these submarines also often trade in speed for it.
I guess when doing torpedo attacks they would perform better against larger and slower ships of higher BRs, but at that point their deck armament would be fully irrelevant too so I think taking them up there should be a choice the same way that people bring certain destroyers or torpedo boats at higher BRs.
