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- From: oyvinw@ifi.uio.no (\yvin Wormn{s)
- Subject: Re: Rivet popping
- Message-ID: <BxvFqr.94u@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
- References: <BxICv5.L66@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:40:02 GMT
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- From oyvinw@ifi.uio.no (\yvin Wormn{s)
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- In article <BxICv5.L66@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> "Edward J. Rudnicki" (FSAC-SID) <erudnick@pica.army.mil> writes:
- >
- >From "Edward J. Rudnicki" (FSAC-SID) <erudnick@pica.army.mil>
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- >
- >German Type VIIC U-boats were welded. _Das_Boot_ used the popping rivets
- >for dramatic effect. Somebody posted a lengthy dissertation on the
- >story in alt.war mentioned this.
- >
- The popping rivets in Das Boot were not hull rivets. The submarine
- has a cooling system that pumps seawater through a number of
- cooling pipes, riveted together. This was told to me by a friend
- who was on a similar submarine. A closer look on the movie seems to
- support this.
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- Regardless, it's an excellent movie, especially the six-hour-version.
- Shudder.
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- Oyvin Wormnaes oyvinw@ifi.uio.no
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