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Daniel Prates · 05-04-11, 10:34 AM

Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today:

Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth

Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m)

Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m)

Virginia - 800 feet (240 m)

Kilo - 800 feet (240 m)

Oscar - couldn't find any data!

Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft)

Type 209 - 500 m

Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft)

Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical)

Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!

Aviv · 05-04-11, 01:02 PM

Don't forget Dolphin class is also an Israeli submarine! (but yes made in Germany)

I read that the Oscar submarine can dive to 300M or more.. I guess it's kept secret. Remember the Kursk which sank in 2000 was a Oscar, and foreign search teams weren't allowed near it.

Daniel Prates · 05-04-11, 02:21 PM

Dolphin is being made with export in mind, as the 209 was decades ago. As I understand it there is already one operating for italy. It is supposed to be revolutionary. Have you seen a picture of one?

Israel is indeed very ecletic when it comes to military equipment. In the late 40s they were even using ME-109s and STUGs!

Aviv · 05-04-11, 03:56 PM

Currently 3 Dolphin submarines are in service in the world, all with the Israeli Navy. The first was built in 1998 (INS Dolphin) and the second in 1999 (INS Leviatan). Both of these were made in Germany and given to the Navy. A third one was made in 2000 (INS Tekuma), and there's still two more that the Navy want. They needed to replace the old British submarines from the 1970s that the Navy was using.

I think that one of them stays in the Mediterranean, and one is always in the Red Sea, but it's mostly kept secret where they are.
http://bit.ly/j0yMBI here's a pic

That's true what you say, from Independence up to the 1970s a lot of Israeli weapons was imported, but now has become one of the biggest exporters of equipment.

Daniel Prates · 05-05-11, 08:11 AM

Oh yeah, the 212 is used by italy, not the dolphin. My mistake.

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

andy_311 · 05-05-11, 06:24 PM

If you want to dive very deep and fire you torps at whatever depth alter your cfg file on the sub your useing.

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05-04-11, 10:34 AM	#1
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Diving depths for modern subarines are usually around 500 meters or 1500 feet. I searched for some data for subs still in use today: Akula - 480 m operational depth, 600 m test depth Los Angeles - 950 ft (290 m) Seawolf - 2,000 feet (610 m) Virginia - 800 feet (240 m) Kilo - 800 feet (240 m) Oscar - couldn't find any data! Typhoon - 400 m (1,300 ft) Type 209 - 500 m Dolphin (german) - At least 200 metres (660 ft) Type 214 - 250m (400m theoretical) Of course, that applies only to combat subs. Other kinds of descent vessels - say bathyscaphes for instance - can go a lot deeper and one even managed to sink 11.000 meters in 1960 all the way to the bottom of the mariana trench!

05-04-11, 01:02 PM	#2
Aviv Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Israel Posts: 132 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Don't forget Dolphin class is also an Israeli submarine! (but yes made in Germany) I read that the Oscar submarine can dive to 300M or more.. I guess it's kept secret. Remember the Kursk which sank in 2000 was a Oscar, and foreign search teams weren't allowed near it.

05-04-11, 02:21 PM	#3
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Dolphin is being made with export in mind, as the 209 was decades ago. As I understand it there is already one operating for italy. It is supposed to be revolutionary. Have you seen a picture of one? Israel is indeed very ecletic when it comes to military equipment. In the late 40s they were even using ME-109s and STUGs!

05-04-11, 03:56 PM	#4
Aviv Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Israel Posts: 132 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	Currently 3 Dolphin submarines are in service in the world, all with the Israeli Navy. The first was built in 1998 (INS Dolphin) and the second in 1999 (INS Leviatan). Both of these were made in Germany and given to the Navy. A third one was made in 2000 (INS Tekuma), and there's still two more that the Navy want. They needed to replace the old British submarines from the 1970s that the Navy was using. I think that one of them stays in the Mediterranean, and one is always in the Red Sea, but it's mostly kept secret where they are. http://bit.ly/j0yMBI here's a pic That's true what you say, from Independence up to the 1970s a lot of Israeli weapons was imported, but now has become one of the biggest exporters of equipment.

05-05-11, 08:11 AM	#5
Daniel Prates Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Curitiba, Brazil Posts: 938 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Oh yeah, the 212 is used by italy, not the dolphin. My mistake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_212_submarine