IS there a MODed SUB with cruise missile?

[kevinlv]

i think it's quite cool by lanching cruise missile from a submaring,
don't you think?

IS there anu MOD include this function?

[Paul Riley]

I think you may need to play a nuclear sub game,i'm afraid German U-Boats didnt carry such things

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I think you may need to play a nuclear sub game,i'm afraid German U-Boats didnt carry such things

They came pretty close:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...26tbs%3Disch:1

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

They came pretty close:

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...26tbs%3Disch:1

I wonder if they could have ever converted a V2 to be fired from a U-Boat? That really would have been hard to counter,they would simply park the U-Boat literally in the Thames somewhere and *boom!*,bob's your aunty,they would have never had time to react to such a sudden attack
Looking at the images the system looked very rudimentary and would have created awful drag I reckon.Ideally it needs to be installed inside the hull itself?,like modern Trident subs.
Interesting link jim,cheers.

[KL-alfman]

Jimbuna, I'm deeply impressed by your endless knowledge of U-Boot warfare.
thx for sharing!
(I'd never assumed such a thing was even considered)

[Paul Riley]

I dont even think Jim is technically alive,he is in fact a ghostly apparition sent with a single purpose,to keep the U-Boat memory alive
He has haunted mens dreams for centuries and is the key figure in all known sea hauntings and superstitions.He may very well be what we know as Davey Jones himself!

[KL-alfman]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Davey Jones himself!

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by KL-alfman

[maillemaker]

I thought I remembered reading about plans or tests for carrying a V2 in a towable, submersible launch platform?

Anyway I don't know that the strategic value would have been that great, other than providing increased range, which would have been fantastic, of course.

Once launched, there was no technology that could intercept or shoot down a V2 that I know of.

Steve

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

Once launched, there was no technology that could intercept or shoot down a V2 that I know of.

Steve

Certainly not at close range thats for sure.The only way Britain ever dealt with them was with Spitfires (if they got scrambled in time that is),where they would fly and maintain course and speed with the V2,then fly so that their wing was directly under the wing of the V2,then roll over flipping it in the process,which would knock it off course,then hopefully it would land in a field somewhere

[maillemaker]

Paul, I think you are talking about the V1 buzz bombs? They could be shot down.

V2 rockets were supersonic traveling on ballistic trajectories. There was nothing that could take them down. Hell there is hardly anything today that can take them down.

Steve

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

Paul, I think you are talking about the V1 buzz bombs? They could be shot down.

V2 rockets were supersonic traveling on ballistic trajectories. There was nothing that could take them down. Hell there is hardly anything today that can take them down.

Steve

Could have been the V1s,as they made a distinctive 'buzzing' sound just before they would cut out then...well,you know the rest

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

Certainly not at close range thats for sure.The only way Britain ever dealt with them was with Spitfires (if they got scrambled in time that is),where they would fly and maintain course and speed with the V2,then fly so that their wing was directly under the wing of the V2,then roll over flipping it in the process,which would knock it off course,then hopefully it would land in a field somewhere

A rare photo of such an event:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sp...lying_Bomb.jpg

[KL-alfman]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

A rare photo of such an event:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sp...lying_Bomb.jpg

this definitely is a V1

edit: the pilot must've been very gifted and brave to do such deed

[frau kaleun]

Certainly not at close range thats for sure.The only way Britain ever dealt with them was with Spitfires (if they got scrambled in time that is),where they would fly and maintain course and speed with the V2,then fly so that their wing was directly under the wing of the V2,then roll over flipping it in the process,which would knock it off course,then hopefully it would land in a field somewhere

A rare photo of such an event:

Makes me wonder how the RAF could even get airborne, with balls that big.