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[PSUBS-MAILIST] What are these cables for?



http://www.uk-muenchen.de/fotos/kriegsmarine/wien/u2auftauchen.html

I like the railing, but what are the big cables running to bow and stern from the top of the sail? I can't imagine they're needed to hold it up, because that would be a pretty flimsy u-boat, indeed.