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Midget submarine

22 points by smacktoward 7y ago

adolph 7y ago
A key use of midget submarines was Operation Source against the German’s battleship Tirpitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Source
protomyth 7y ago
Well, here is a timely (only 18 hours old as of this post) video about WWII midget submarines https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zt1O8RIX9pw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zt1O8RIX9pw
- C1sc0cat 7y ago
  I was just going to post that one myself - a very interesting channel about navel history.
- dexen 7y ago
  And a complementary video on the neighboring channel Military History Visualized: "Kriegsmarine's Wunderwaffen or Desperation Weapons?" [1]; showing and describing one of Germany's late war midget submarine models. [meta] The concept of "submarine articles" [2] comes to mind (sorry). -- [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-bnhgZ_mY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-bnhgZ_mY. [2] http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
vaughnegut 7y ago
Looking at North Korea's fleet was an incredibly interesting Wikipedia hole I went down earlier this year (link below). The mixture of indigenous and foreign built, looking at their age and getting an idea of when they built a lot and when they didn't, and looking at totals is interesting. Especially since it's supposed to be a cohesive fleet. This wikihole also pairs well with reading about their naval doctrine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Ko...
spongeb00b 7y ago
There’s 2 WW2 XT class midget submarines in Aberlady Bay in Scotland. They were used for target practise and you can walk out to them at low tide. http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/01/ww2-xt-class-submarine-wrecks-aberlady.html?m=1 http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/01/ww2-xt-class-submarine-...
draugadrotten 7y ago
russia uses midget submarines in the baltic region https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/august-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5492-russian-navy-special-forces-to-receive-p-650-midget-submarines.html https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/...
mjsweet 7y ago
Japanese midget submarines made it as far as Sydney Harbour in 1942: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour
el_isma 7y ago
I was expecting a submarine built for midgets. It'd be a smaller target and cheaper to build!

22 points by smacktoward 7y ago

A key use of midget submarines was Operation Source against the German’s battleship Tirpitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Source

protomyth 7y ago

Well, here is a timely (only 18 hours old as of this post) video about WWII midget submarines https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zt1O8RIX9pw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zt1O8RIX9pw

C1sc0cat 7y ago
I was just going to post that one myself - a very interesting channel about navel history.
dexen 7y ago
And a complementary video on the neighboring channel Military History Visualized: "Kriegsmarine's Wunderwaffen or Desperation Weapons?" [1]; showing and describing one of Germany's late war midget submarine models. [meta] The concept of "submarine articles" [2] comes to mind (sorry). -- [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-bnhgZ_mY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF-bnhgZ_mY. [2] http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html

vaughnegut 7y ago

Looking at North Korea's fleet was an incredibly interesting Wikipedia hole I went down earlier this year (link below). The mixture of indigenous and foreign built, looking at their age and getting an idea of when they built a lot and when they didn't, and looking at totals is interesting. Especially since it's supposed to be a cohesive fleet. This wikihole also pairs well with reading about their naval doctrine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Ko...

spongeb00b 7y ago

There’s 2 WW2 XT class midget submarines in Aberlady Bay in Scotland. They were used for target practise and you can walk out to them at low tide. http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/01/ww2-xt-class-submarine-wrecks-aberlady.html?m=1 http://coastkid.blogspot.com/2012/01/ww2-xt-class-submarine-...

draugadrotten 7y ago

russia uses midget submarines in the baltic region https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/august-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5492-russian-navy-special-forces-to-receive-p-650-midget-submarines.html https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/...

mjsweet 7y ago

Japanese midget submarines made it as far as Sydney Harbour in 1942: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Sydney_Harbour

el_isma 7y ago

I was expecting a submarine built for midgets. It'd be a smaller target and cheaper to build!