2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[nonconformist]

It's not an X-craft?

 

[cidknee]

nope it a ww2 era "naval vessel"

 

[dgfred]

Is that the giant subs that carried a couple of airplanes?

 

[cidknee]

Nyet.........

 

[privatehudson]

Surely they wouldn't be mad enough to put fuel supplies there as extra tanks?

 

[cidknee]

Surely they wouldn't be mad enough to put fuel supplies there as extra tanks?

ohh so close

 

[ravensfire]

Mine-laying subs? Or spec ops, where pig boats or something similar were in the bulges to protect them as they were delived to the target?

-- Ravensfire

 

[cidknee]

nyet, nyet, nyet....but it is a sub

 

[privatehudson]

ohh so close

They were Surely they'd be exposed to counter-measures too much there?

 

[cidknee]

well ill say this, they are a storage tank, of some sort.

 

[ravensfire]

Hmmm, extra batteries then to extend the range of the sub when submerged?

-- Ravensfire

 

[cidknee]

Hmmm, extra batteries then to extend the range of the sub when submerged?

-- Ravensfire

sorta... ill say this, since nobody has gotten it. Ill check later and if nobody gets it by oh say 1900 easter time ill post what it is.

 

[FriendlyFire]

ohh so close

Sigh

These were know as Mitch Cows ( whats the german name for them ?)
Specifily designed by the germans to extended the range and duration there Uboats were able to operate at sea. They contained Large amounts of fuel and supplys which were then used to refuel and rearm german Uboats in the atlantic.
This all suddenly ended when US started assigning escort carriers to there convys. Allowing air power to reach the atlantic gap.

 

[YNCS]

These were know as Mitch Cows ( whats the german name for them ?)

Milch Cows.

 

[Adler17]

To be exact: Milchkühe.

Adler

 

[cidknee]

actually no. They are russian experimental subs. well there was one. It was for a closed cycle engine. the tanks are for the chemicals that the engine ran on.
This is the Soviet submarine S-296.

S-296 was a member of the numerous 'Whiskey' class, Project 613, and was completed in June 1956. The sub was modified to test an experimental closed-cycle engine, which required massive external tanks for chemical storage, as seen in this view. The modification was designated Project KATRAN.

link...http://www.hazegray.org/mysteries/oldmyst/ans168.htm

 

[privatehudson]

Uhmmm... where they built in WW2?

 

[dgfred]

Uhmmm... where they built in WW2?

cid loves to ask the questions, but his wars sometimes mesh .

I liked the 'who peed in the Yalu River' one . Next question cid???

 

[cidknee]

ahh krap. I read it wrong. My bad. sorry im a brain dead moron lately..

 

[FriendlyFire]

Ah well Iam no expert on soviet secret weapons
(The wide body hull certainly makes it look like a milch cow.)