IS there a MODed SUB with cruise missile?

[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

[ERPP8]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2#Unfulfilled_plans
Thames it waaaaaaay too close.
More like Iceland's coastal waters (not that they would go there, just a range estimate)