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Type VII - Guide 430

Drachinifel

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The Type VII U-Boat, submarines of the Kriegsmarine, are today's subject.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Type-VII-Ger...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Type-VII-U-b...

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20 Comments

@Drachinifel Creator 1 year ago Pinned

Pinned post for Q&A :)

@Zapranoth-lf8nt 1 year ago

How to cover the Type VII…in only 7 minutes…this one will challenge Drach’s skills!

@derekonxbox 1 year ago

Awesome coincidence of how after I buy a model kit of U-96 (Revell Das Boot anniversary) Drach makes a video about the Type 7 u-boat.

@simonress9090 1 year ago

7:30 min doesn’t seem long enough for a boat that had such a impact on the world

@randomwarehouse4702 1 year ago

My love, I write to you in a position of great distress. We are being attacked by pornbots who intend to conquer the Drach's Own Royal Marine Regiment. The fighting will be hard, but I believe we will prevail.

@robert506007 1 year ago

Holy Smokes He Did it He Finall Did it. Drach has a 10 minute guide on the Type VII U-boat. Didn't think I'd see the day.

@randomwarehouse4702 1 year ago

6:40 The Unterseeboote she told you not to worry about.

@ssmith5048 1 year ago

Ahhh Joy, the long awaited Type VII!

@TurboMcAwesome 1 year ago

After 430 guides Drach has to resort to these weird obscure ships no ones ever heard of.

@ericcriteser4001 1 year ago

My girlfriend got me a T-shirt for my birthday last month with the laughing sawfish ala U-96. She knows me. Lol😂

@Randolph_Carter1868 1 year ago

U995 was one of three submarines that was after the surrender used by the Norwegian navy from 52 to 65. Officially they was given to Norway by the royal navy, unofficially, they was hidden from the royal navy in fjords outside Trondheim and Bergen by the Norwegian navy.

@anderss6818 1 year ago

You should do a video about the German Milchkuh submarines. I doubt many people have even heard of them.

@Ralph0451 1 year ago

Something I find funny about Raiders of the Lost Ark is that the U-boat used the historically accurate U-26 hull number, but it was played by the replica Type VIIC that was built for Das Boot.

Apparently someone forgot to tell the crew of Das Boot, so they showed up to work one morning to discover the submarine "stolen." Must have been quite the day.

@trooperdgb9722 1 year ago

I was confused by the comment that U995 was the only survivor... then I realised the U505 in Chicago was a Type IX!

@cycler67 1 year ago

I've been waiting for a while for the Type VII.

@VersusARCH 1 year ago

"It's a long way
to Tipperary..."

@robm4834 1 year ago

45 minutes clip has been up. 3000 views and 621 comments.
Well done Drach . My appreciation and thanks.

@lukum55 1 year ago

Never thought I'd see the day, Drach actually did a guide on the Type VII, I've waited years for this day.

@MAGEs-of-Anarchy 1 year ago

I keep forgetting just how big a time difference there really is here. It’s 4AM. Yeesh. Oh well. Morning well spent.

@1960totnes 1 year ago (edited)

Another great little video. Thanks for posting. Incidentally, my grandfather survived the sinking of four or five ships in WWII when he was in the RNVR. Chief among which was HMS Royal Oak. Understandably, he was no fan of U-Boats.