ww2 soviet subs

Soviet Navy Series IX, IX bis (1934-48), 40 boats, last active 1960s. Commonly dubbed as the S-class, for “Srednyaya” (medium), the series IX and IXbis were arguably the best Soviet submarines of WW2. They superficially looked like the German Type VII U-Boat and this was not fortuitous: Their design origins lays in the relations between … Read more

Soviet Navy Series VI, XII, XV (1931-43), 141 boats, last active 1980s. MVI bis could be carried assembled on flatcars. The outer ones (2 bogies) could carry other The Malyutka Series VI bis The M-class or “Malyutka” class (Russian: Малютка “little one”) were the smallest coastal submarines in Service with the Soviet Russian Navy in … Read more