Thread: What if Germany built 100 Type VII U-boats instead of Bismarck and Tirpitz?
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Old December 19th, 2002, 01:12 PM
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Let's compare the production costs:

Bismarck: 196.8 million Reichsmark (RM)
Tirpitz: RM 181.6 million
Gneisenau: RM 146.2 million
Scharnhorst: RM 143.5 million

TOTAL: RM 668.1 million for four battleships.

Production costs of a Type VII C U-Boat:RM 4.8 million.

However, one has to keep in mind that the difference in building a battleship and a u-boat are like paying, let's say $ 150,000 for a TOW-Anti-Tank System and $ 5,000,000 for a M1 Abrams MBT. Complete tactical differences.

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