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Hah, ok. Only other film that I remember is Hunt for Red October, but it obviously isn't as good as Das Boot.

I thought you were talking about WW2 movies Then I can recommend Hunter for Red October.

The type XXIII class was a class of coastal submarines with one hull and high underwater speed while having similarities with the type XXI: it also had two pressure bodys which were laying one above the other, with the rear end section as an exception. The upper pressure body contained the living rooms, the motors and the torpedo tubes, the lower one contained the accumulators, fuel cells and the submerging cells. Also, this type was one of the first submarines to have a streamlined hull. While being a coastal submarine, it also could dive very deep: with an maximal depth of 150m it could dive as deep as the type VII, which also happened very fast. The fastest recorded submerging took 9 seconds. However, the batteriest were not very strong, still the type XXIII class could hold its maximal speed underwater for more than one hour. It also had ony light armarment with 2 torpedo tubes in the bow and no reserve torpedos. This type had an experimental character but is still viewed as a successful one since it could fullfill its dutry while being nearly as fast underwater as other U-boats surfaced.




The first type XXIII U-boat entered service on 12th June 1944 and until the end of the war, a total of 62 units were build. Many other were still under construction. Unlike the type XXI, this class actually saw combat from march to may 1945. Most of the type XXIII u-boats were sunk by their own crews or handed over to the Allies who used them in their own navies after the war and for researching. In 1956, the West German Navy (Bundesmarine) raised 2 units, U 2365 and U 2367 and kept them in service until 1968.


U Hecht (ex U 2367, now S 171) after the war in the Bundesmarine.

• crew: 14
  
• shipyard: Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel; Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
  
• displacement: 232 ts surfaced, 258 ts submerged
  
• length: 34,6m
  
• width: 4m
  
• depth: 3,66m
  
• maximal depht: 150m
  
• fuel: 18 ts
  
• fastest submerging: 9 seconds
  
• engine: 1 Diesel engine; 2 AEG e-motors for creeping speed
  
• engine performance: 575-630 ps surfaced, 550 + 35 ps submerged
  
• speed: 9,7 knots surfaced, 12,5 knots submerged
  
• range: 4300 sm at 6 knots surfaced, 175 sm at 4 knots submerged
  
• armament: 2x torpedo tubes in the bow, no flak armament

The plans of the type XIV

The type XIV (14) U-boat was a seagoing U-Tanker with an origin in the VII class. Its purpose was to supply other submarines with ammunition, fuel and it provided repair crews, food and water. Therefore it had a huge fuel depot and was -except flaks- completely unarmed (no torpedo tubes).
In 1943 the flak armament was increased and a snorkel was added. All type XIV U-boats were sunk in 1943 and 1944 by allied aircraft because they were preferred targets since they made the life of the VII class a lot easier.

• crew: 53
  
• shipyard: Deutsche Werke, Kiel
  
• displacement: 1688 ts surfaced, 1932 ts submerged
  
• length: 67,1m
  
• width: 9,35m
  
• depth: 6,51m
  
• maximal depht: Its a supply submarine, not its purpose and anyway: NA
  
• fuel: 203 ts
  
• fastest submerging: See max. depht: NA
  
• engine: 2 Diesel engines; 2 ssw
  
• engine performance: 2800 ps surfaced, 750 ps submerged
  
• speed: 14,4 knots surfaced, 6,2 knots submerged
  
• range: 12350 sm at 10 knots surfaced, 120 sm at 2 knots submerged
  
• armament: 2 X 3,7cm flak; in 1943: 1x 3,7cm, 2 x 2cm twin flak
  
• freight: 423 ts fuel, 4 torpedos for supplying other submarines
  

Wanna buy some Korken?

This is what happens when new factions are designed without looking at the vanillas: nothing fits, and the problems are so deep in the core design that it is almost impossible to improve the situation. Nobody thought about Ostheer when USF were desinged. Same goes for every other faction.