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100th anniversary of German Submarines

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  1. Che_Guevara

    Che_Guevara New Member

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    The Bundesmarine and the Verband deutscher Ubootfahrer (VdU) celebrate the anniversary "100 years of german submarines". It takes place in Eckernförde and Kiel from may the 3rd to 5th. The new sub U-31 was comissed , as well as a museum "people, technology and history", which started yesterday. The only guest submarine is HNOMS UTHAUG of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

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    HNOMS UTHAUG (actually it´s the Utstein, but the same type)

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    Commissioning of U-31

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    Honoring the victims of seawarfare

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    :D ;)

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    wow, is that one of the next generation german subs i have been hearing about?
     
  3. Che_Guevara

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    lol, don´t know, what you have been hearing about hehe xDD

    ...but I think so, yes

    "The German Type 212 is an advanced design of non-nuclear U-Boat developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German Navy. It features diesel propulsion with an air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens polymer electrolyte module (PEM) hydrogen fuel cells. The submarine can operate at high speed on diesel power or switch to the AIP system for silent slow cruising, staying submerged for up to three weeks without surfacing and with no exhaust heat. The system is also said to be vibration-free, extremely silent and virtually undetectable.

    Type 212 is the first of the only two fuel cell propulsion system equipped submarines ready for series production by 2007, the other being the Project 677 Lada class submarine designed by Russian Rubin Design Bureau.

    The German government in 1998 placed an initial order of four Type 212 submarines. Because of significant updates to the design the designation was changed to Type 212A since then. The German Submarine Consortium built them at the shipyards of HDW and Thyssen Nordseewerke GmbH (TNSW) of Emden. Different sections of the submarines were constructed at both sites at the same time and then half of them were shipped to the respective other yard so that both HDW and Thyssen Nordseewerke assembled two complete submarines each. In 2006, 2 more submarines (with some improvements) were ordered by the German Navy, which will be delivered from 2012 on. Those boats will have an increased length by 1.20 meters due to additional space for a new reconnaissance mast.
    Salvatore Todaro, a Type 212A built by Fincantieri for the Marina Militare (Italian Navy), was commissioned in March 2006, and her sister Sciré was commissioned in May 2006. Two more Italian Type 212As are planned.
    Although hydrogen-oxygen propulsion had been considered for submarines as early as World War I, the concept was not very successful until recently due to fire and explosion concerns. In the Type 212 this has been countered by storing the fuel and oxidizer in tanks outside the crew space, between the pressure hull and outer light hull. The gases are piped through the pressure hull to the fuel cells as needed to generate electricity, but at any given time there is a very small amount of gas present in the crew space.

    Currently, the Type 212A is capable of launching the wire-guided DM2A4 Seehecht ("Seahake") heavyweight anti-shipping torpedoes or short-range missiles from its six torpedo tubes, which use a water ram expulsion system. Future capability may include tube-launched cruise missiles.

    The short-range missile IDAS (based on the IRIS-T missile), primarily against air threats, but also against small or medium-sized sea- or near land targets, is currently being developed by Diehl BGT Defence to be fired from Type 212's torpedo tubes. IDAS is fiber-optic guided with a range of approx. 20 km. Four missiles fit in one torpedo tube, stored in a revolver magazine.[4] First deliveries of IDAS for the German Navy are scheduled from 2009 on.

    Also a 30 mm auto-cannon called Muräne (moray) to support diver operations or to give warning shots is being considered. The cannon, probably a version of the RMK30 built by Rheinmetall, will be stored in a retractable mast and can be fired without the boat emerging. The mast will also be designed to contain three Aladin UAVs for reconnaissance missions. This mast is likely to be mounted on the 2nd batch of Type 212 submarines for the German Navy."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_212_submarine

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    * Reconnaissance, identification and location in real time
    * Video sensory for day or night
    * Hand launch and autonomous flight
    * Small portable container for disassembled air vehicle
    * Mission proven technology
    * Mission range over 5 km
    * Very low signatures

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    Interessting that subs useing flying objects for recon again

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    Che.
     
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    sry double post ^^
     
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    Very interesting Che, you always make such good posts :cool:



    I hear its also the 100th anniversary of increased shipping insurance across the English Channel :D
     
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    Hehe :D :D I´m very pleased to hear that ;) ;) lool, but there is no coneection between increased shipping insurance and the 100 years of german subs, isn´t it ? :D :D :D hehe

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    Interesting that the Germans still don't name their subs. I wonder why, other than tradition?
     
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    Lol, Lada's at sea. Hope they do better then the cars :lol: :D
     
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    Coz there are more subs then names in the german navy at least in the future :lol: ;) ..eventually if the navy gets more money :kill:

    loool :D :D please have a look how good the Lada performed against terrorism ;) :lol:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=dk6cFHGlEvs

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    I bet that those options aren't standard yet :D
     

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