Ive watched this topic for a long time, and while i do admit the facility is intressing and impressive i find the fact that you post the pics here foolish and also lots more could have been done to conceal the enterances from satellite / aerial photography...
Muskö is and was never a visual secret. It's protected area, quite different.
The photos have been cleared by the military by non-objection.
+ only in post coldwar years have satellite imagery become good enough to see (unimportant) details of the base. All secret sites would be blocked in public aerial and satellite footage, as they are.
If you consider that from those pics you can chose a weapon and trajectory for it to use to hit the tunnels to make the collapse or even hit the vessels inside then fine, its "unimportant", futhermore why do on all the trouble of building a vast installation like this and not to try camouflage the enterances and exits of it. Especially as it would have been very easy and inexpensive to make them so or and camouflage them that it would be harder to detect and target them from air.
Muskö is like Rödbergsfortet an old dinosaur from the Coldwar and there is nothing secret about it anymore.
Actually alot about the base is secret, however the base itself and some parts of it isn't.Originally Posted by Luno
Nice pics. Which sub is this?
Probably one of the Södermanland class subs, as it has 6x53cm tubesNice pics. Which sub is this?
Ed: googled up a pic. on this pic the top is not mounted...
I think it´s definetily a Gotland-class. Gotland has 4x533mm + 2x400mm torpedoetubes while Södermanland has 6x533 + 3x400mm.Probably one of the Södermanland class subs, as it has 6x53cm tubes
Ed: googled up a pic. on this pic the top is not mounted...
In the pic you see 4+2 torpedoetubes and the front looks like a Gotland.
Any specific reason why Gotland has fewer torpedo tubes than the previous classes? More focus on stealthy intelligence gathering than direct action I'm guessing?
Gotland only has 4 x 53cm tubes in the bow tho. and 2 x 40mm in the aft. The pic show 6 x 53cm in the bow...I think it´s definetily a Gotland-class. Gotland has 4x533mm + 2x400mm torpedoetubes while Södermanland has 6x533 + 3x400mm.
In the pic you see 4+2 torpedoetubes and the front looks like a Gotland.
No way. No modern sub has tubes in the aft. What you are seing is 4x53cm and 2x40cm. I have the drawings of Gotland and Södermanland in front of me.
Yeah you're right I dunno what I was thinking. too hot and beer and w/e
AFAIK it was originally to save money. But with the new modern torpedoes and new tactics there´s no need for so many tubes.
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