Type IXC/40 Submarine (Enhanced Type IX)
Enhanced Type IX - 87 Boats! Most Numerous! - 87 boats commissioned 1941-1944: U-167 to U-1235 series. MOST NUMEROUS TYPE IX VARIANT! Enhanced Type IXC. 1144 tons surfaced, 6× 53.3cm torpedo tubes, 22 torpedoes carried, 18.3 knots surfaced/7.3 knots submerged. 11,400 nm range (enhanced 3.6% over IXC 11,000 nm!). 87 BOATS BUILT! - most successful Type IX production run! Together with IXC (54): 141 boats = 72% of 194 Type IX total! Wartime mass production 1941-1944. Global operations standard. Late-war AA armament increased (1× 3.7cm + 4-6× 2cm Flak!). Final Type IX production variant before IXD ultra-long-range.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 1144 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1257 (submerged) t
- Length
- 252.3 ft
- Beam
- 22.3 ft
- Crew
- 48-56
- Ships built
- 87
- Commissioned
- 1941-1944
- Decommissioned
- 1943-1945
Performance
- Top speed
- 18.2 kn
- Range
- 11400 nm at 10 knots surfaced (ENHANCED!)
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 6× 53.3cm (4 bow, 2 stern)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 26.98
- Research cost
- 2,374
- Credit cost
- 18,886
Notable
- Enhanced Type IXC with extended range
- 87 BOATS BUILT! (MOST NUMEROUS Type IX variant!)
- 1144 tons surfaced (refined design)
- 11,400 nm range (ENHANCED 3.6%!)
- 22 torpedoes (maximum capacity maintained)
- 1941-1944 wartime mass production
- Most successful Type IX production run
- Global operations standard
- Together with IXC: 141 boats (72% of Type IX total!)
- Final Type IX production variant before IXD ultra-long-range