U-Boats

 U-Boats By Ethan

 U-boats are a type of German submarine that were used in WW2. The word U-boat is short for Underseeboot which means submarine in German. Its main purpose was to sink the merchant ships carrying weapons and supplies from Britain to America. The U-boat was one of Germany's greatest weapons in the war. Groups of U-boats that attacked ships were called wolf packs.  There were several kinds of U-boats. The most successful kind was the type VIIC. Type VIIC consisted of a pressure hull, living quarters, control room, and the working areas of the ship. The main weapons of the U-boat were the torpedoes. They were very important so a good captain never wasted one. There was also a 88 mm deck gun used to attack on the surface. U-boats were one of the greatest weapons of the war and were a huge asset to Germany.