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Re:German submarine U-1206 by magduf on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:15PM (#20414611)
I have to disagree to an extent about the "war machine" bit. This is about a toilet, not a torpedo. Every boat at sea needs a toilet; this is a basic need for supporting human life unless you want to have people relieving themselves over the deck railings (which of course isn't even possible on a submarine).

If you have to have a specialist flush a toilet for you, the design is bad.

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Re:German submarine U-1206 by duxup on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:30PM (#20414818)
It's a new toilet on a complex machine that can't just dump stuff out in the open ocean all the time.

It's not "just a toilet" anymore than a sub should work like a video game.

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Re:German submarine U-1206 by magduf on Thursday July 11, 2019 @03:40PM (#20414970)
It's not new: Germany had toilets on submarines for many years before this. Germany had U-boats back in WWI. Did they have toilet problems like this before? If not, then this is a bad design.
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