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Originally Posted by Chad
Very cool! 
Surprised that they're still using diesel engines.
Also, think the sailors aboard are proud to be serving on a U-boat with all of us geeks on here wishing we could spend a day on one? |
Italy has 2 operational Type 212, and they have superior performance at least in terms of maximum depth to the german Type 212s.
Furthermore, the group I'm part of, Betasom.it had the opportunity to visit the interior of one of the subs Type 212 that was out of the water for a full refit.
I wasn't there, but many of the forum were there and the visit they said was exciting. They got to see the sonar room, the navigation room and so on. Really cool, and of course the captain and officers of the sub were acting as hosts. Answering a lot of questions.
To visit a real combat ready sub is different from seeing one in a museum.
Great stuff.
