Bravo-class SS Sub Brief

As a comparison, a contemporary ASW training system. https://www.saab.com/newsroom/stories/2021/july/asw-training-perfected

Phoa Yew Hui

I think I have some info on the 53/40cm torpedo tube arrangement. My wife's father was a Soviet submarine officer, he retired as what we in the west would call an Admiral. He doesn't speak much English, I speak little Russian, so through my wife I asked him about the Kefal, so this is translated 'Chinese whispers'. He thought they were all built with 53cm tubes, but that some Soviet submarines were used to test some things and like a tube or I guess some sort of sleeve that fitted into a standard tube, or maybe it was onto the weapon or equipment that allowed smaller diameter things to be launched from a normal tube. Whatever it was that was shot, he never called it a 'weapon' he basically said "we had 'things' we needed to send out' and also said that it was for in shallow water. My questions now, for shallow water, could these have been small mines? Or might these be smaller torpedo tested by the Soviets to infamously blow holes in ice, to surface or navigate in the Arctic? I can't really ask him, he'll start to think his daughter is married to a spy...

defiantly an odd ball boat but quite relevant for the time, the fact they haven't replaced them even with current increased budgets one would assume the have a different training strategy now and trust their weapons more.

Blair Shaw (Subhunter)

Is anyone else having a issue where it’s just telling you the video Doesn’t exist?

We played target sub a few times. The training torps were designed not to hit us, but I was always concerned they'd malfunction and hit our screw or control surfaces.

Robert Sanges

Found the movie! No subtitles though, unfortunately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqR-xs-yPc

I know what you mean. Adrenaline, the chase, the win, the rematch! It's the BEST! Keep it up bud. Thank you!

Matthew Miller

a less glamorous but equally important class, providing a vital training asset for the future submarine fleet. Didn't you mention the film 'Dolphin's Cry' in another sub brief?

Excellent stuff! Could I suggest that you have a look at this article on YouTube about the final commencement of the UK scraping its first SSBN on Forces News - its really quite interesting as the navy is planning to actually dismantle the reactor, not just store it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JUJ169G46M

at 13:11 what is the sub with the massive nose? If its already been covered by you my bad lol just curious