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Originally Posted by Méo
Main purpose of a submarine in...
WWII - Sink ships, a lot of ships
Cold war - launch missiles
So not very surprising if the ''sinking ships'' game gets more votes. 
Although I must admit I would love to give a try to the German type 212. |
Yeah thats why all modern subs have basically ditched torpedoes and carry only missiles eh ?
Submarines have many purposes, one of them is to sink high value surface assets. Another is to hunt down other submarines (something that wasn't even possibile in WW2 were you were limited by technology to only hunt surface vessels). And just to set the record straight, the only real submarine of WW2 was the Type XXI. All the other were just surface vessels that could submerge at the last minute to attack convoys. They were useless for any other kind of mission.