uboat type VII conning tower item - mystery part

[boatbuilder1]

can anyone Identifie this part it is a complete mystery to me I have many uboat books but none refer to or show this item and its function

[safrole]

Maybe a nitrogen hose to

Maybe a nitrogen hose to defog the periscope?

[safrole]

I'll embellish my guess a

I'll embellish my guess a little more. I read some war patrol diary in which the cruise was cut short (in part) because there was no more defogging gas. I figured something would be built in, but your picture fits the purpose.

"Hans, get out ze tube und hose, und if I hear you doing ze funny voice with the gas again you veel be sorry!"

[boatbuilder1]

makes sence to me
I

makes sence to me
I love you parting line it reminds me of an old wwII comedy

Sign zee papiers plees,
But I ....
you Veel sign zee papeirs or I veel haf to keel you!
I cannot sign zee papers,
why....
because you cut off my hans

[raalst]

in some cases the "microphone"

in some cases the "microphone" had a rubber
extention so you could put the mouthpiece to you mouth
instead of vice versa.

that's what you see, i think.

[wingtip]

i dont think its a

i dont think its a microphone... it definatly looks like a high pressure bottle with something in it... maybe its hot coffee lol.....

the hose looks long enough to reach around a bit there..maybe its a form of fire extinguisher or fire retardent....

[JWLaRue]

I really doubt it's for

I really doubt it's for defogging the periscope. Where the end of it is laying (apparently) on top of the 'scope...there's no fitting to provide for defogging.

This doesn't appear to be a common piece of equipment since most photos do not show this.......

I like the hot coffee idea!

-Jeff

[safrole]

Maybe it's a spare scuba

Maybe it's a spare scuba apparatus. You see, if you were dumb enough to yell "ALAAARM!" before you actually got back into the boat, you were likely to have the hatch mercilessly snapped shut on you. In that case you just had to ride along on the conning tower and use the scuba to breathe until the boat could surface again. This is probably why if you notice in Das Boot, the crewmen is very careful to yell only after he's already sliding down the ladder. You learn quick in the kreigsmarine.

Well, it's a theory anyway...

[JWLaRue]

Ahhhh...the mystery is solved!

We now

Ahhhh...the mystery is solved!

We now know how Indiana Jones managed to ride that U-boat all the way from Egypt to that island in the Mediterranean.

-Jeff

[anonymous]

that is the Sprachrohr zur

that is the Sprachrohr zur Zentrale, and it is an VIIB Typ Sub at 1940.

Gantu

[safrole]

"Language pipe to the center"
(transliterated)

*ding*
*ding*
*ding*
We

"Language pipe to the center"
(transliterated)

*ding*
*ding*
*ding*
We have a winner!

Raalst, please step forward to claim your prize.

[JWLaRue]

...try "speaking tube to the

...try "speaking tube to the Zentrale" (conning tower)

-Jeff

[anonymous]

That pic is misleading. The

That pic is misleading. The 'pressure bottle' inside that pipe is actually the sky periscope head. The thing actually laying atop of the round head is the flex hose with the mouth piece and pressure tight ball-valve of the voice pipe to below. I slides into the bulwark mounted solid pipe and locks with a bajonet type flange.

Gantu

[boatbuilder1]

please elaborate and translate to

please elaborate and translate to english if possibe I am just plain horrible with german

[JWLaRue]

Chuck,

....Gantu is saying that the

Chuck,

....Gantu is saying that the mouthpiece for the speaking tube is not in it's usual storage location (where we normally see it in photos). It's been pulled out and is laying on top of the periscope. Sort of like one of those kitchen sink retractable sprayers......

-Jeff