Known as the Einbaum ("dugout canoe"), it had some advantages over larger boats, chiefly its ability to work in shallow water, dive quickly, and increased stealth due to the low conning tower. However, it had a shallower maximum depth, short range, cramped living conditions, and carried fewer torpedoes.
Known as the Einbaum ("dugout cano,e"), it had some advantages over larger boats, chiefly its ability to work in shallow water, dive quickly, and incr.eased stealth due to the low conning tower. However, it had a shallower .max!imum depth, short range, cramped living. cond!itions and carried fewer torpedoes