Russias biggest exercise in 25 years pics sc

[Kapitan]

Exercise Arctic reach involved 32 units from both the northern and baltic fleets eight of the units were submarines including one of the massive Oscar II SSGN's.
Some of the most noted cambatants that were in this exercise was the carrier Kuznetsov the cruiser Peter the great and the Ivan rogov a landing platform ship.

The exercise offically began on the 7th of july and ended on the 13th of july leu days inbetween gave time to get to the exercise area.
the Mission was simple ASUW and ASW warfare two groups the first led by the kuznetsov herself and the second led by the ASW destroyer Tributs.

The kuznetsov group was simulating defencive action against a small but potent force that included several submarines including the illusive Diesel boats.
I was assigned to be a stand alone rouge submarine tasked with taking out two important units the first the cruiser peter the great and second the Kuznetsov herself.

It wouldnt be easy to get to either of them both were hard targets to get at my role was to get close enough (within torpedo range) and if i could take a picture the unit was ruled dead.

Again this wasnt to easy a take the kuznetsov was protected by four smaller groups and a ring of steel mainly ASW and ASUW vessels i would have to sneak in undetected somehow and strike right at the heart at close range then barrel away very fast.

I managed to sink the cruiser with little or no problem using one of its escorts as cover to escape the carrier however did prove a challenge i predicted her course and laid in wait on the sea bed low and behold she went over the top of me so i was able to just come up and shoot.

The shallow waters of the norwiegen sea did not help my escape i instead of running hid under one of the auxilaries masking my sound and making the enamy unable to fire i spent the rest of that day under the ship before sneaking out.

The B-546 an old tango class submarine was tasked to sink the Ivan rogov however she was detected and it gave me some cover to slip away as i ceased to be the hunted.

I returned to port with all my mission goals completed.

So heres the pictures.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/peterthegreat.jpg
My first target the cruiser peter the great

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/kuzzie.jpg
Second target the kuznetsov carrier

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/ustinov.jpg
My fleets flag ship marshal ustinov

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/ptg1.jpg
This is the peter the great this picture rules her dead she is aproximatly 4nm away

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/kuzziebak.jpg the Kuznetsovs backside hehe

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/kuzziedek.jpg
A closer look

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/kuzdek.jpg
An even closer look and boy you can get real close!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/srews.jpg
The kuznetsovs screws taken from 30 meters at around 500 yards away.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i213/British_Airways_Captain/Virtual%20Sailor/rig.jpg
Its not the Norwiegen sea untill you pass one of these oil rigs ! they provide good cover !


List of the units involved:


Admiral Kuznetsov Kuznetsov CV
Peter the great Kirov CGN
Moskva Slava CG
Kerch Kara DDG
Smitlivy Kashin DD
Ivan rogov Ivan rogov LPD
Ivan bubnov Boris chelkin AO
Gremyasivvy Sovremenny DDG
Bystryy Sovremenny DDG
Bulinny Sovremenny DDG
Rasoropny Sovremenny DDG
Nastroychivvy Sovremenny DDG Joined on the 11th
Bespokoinny Sovremenny DDG
Vinogradov Udaloy DDG
Admiral Tributs Udaloy DDG
Vasilyevskiy Udaloy DDG
Admiral Pantaleyev Udaloy DDG
Dzerzhinsky Krivack FFH
Menzhenskiy Krivack FFH
Imeni Krivack FFH
Grisha 3 Grisha FFL
Grisha 30 Grisha FFL
Metor Nanchuka FFL
Meridian Vishniya AGI
B-248 and B-227 Kilo SSK
B-546 Tango SSK
K-267 Akula SSN
K-138 Victor III SSN
Okun Sierra II SSN
Pantera Akula SSN
SmolenskOscar II

[Seth8530]

Wonderfully told. i thought you might of actually of been giving a firsthand account untill i saw the pictures.

[Kapitan]

Thanks i got a new mission in the works currently running wont be long within the next 24hours (19 and a half to be exact) when i will reach my approach point il post up that mission as well.

[Oberon]

Just watch out for those carriers ;) :lol:

[SUBMAN1]

I was expecting something real! :D

-S

[UnderseaLcpl]

I was expecting something real! :D

-S

That's about as real as the modern russian "navy" gets.

[Sailor Steve]

So was I, which is why I didn't bother to read the thread at all until now.

Nice stuff, Kapitan.:sunny:

[Kapitan]

I was expecting something real! :D

-S

That's about as real as the modern russian "navy" gets.

not really they have two to three major exercises a year the last one was in spring march time involved 44 units 6 of which were submarines including one SSBN.

Due thier sumex in august and wintex in december.