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The fast submarines would, I think, have been Type 26 knock-offs (would you really like to serve on an HTP sub? I wouldn't), and the only extent to which they came to pass was nuclear subs. The Whiskeys were largely interpreted as Type XXI clones, but they were a lot slower (and shorter-legged); I'd guess that Zulus and Foxtrots came closest. What was largely missed in the West was a Soviet switch away from Battle of the Atlantic II to a focus on nuclear weapons (and going after Western SSBNs). It can be argued that had NATO not been crushed early on in a land war, the Soviets might have turned some of their subs loose against reinforcement shipping. We can't know, and knowing their war plans would not help, because this is speculation about what would have happened had their war plans gone sour.

[QUOTE="fishpond, post: 749396, member: 16931"] The fast submarines would, I think, have been Type 26 knock-offs (would you really like to serve on an HTP sub? I wouldn't), and the only extent to which they came to pass was nuclear subs. The Whiskeys were largely interpreted as Type XXI clones, but they were a lot slower (and shorter-legged); I'd guess that Zulus and Foxtrots came closest. What was largely missed in the West was a Soviet switch away from Battle of the Atlantic II to a focus on nuclear weapons (and going after Western SSBNs). It can be argued that had NATO not been crushed early on in a land war, the Soviets might have turned some of their subs loose against reinforcement shipping. We can't know, and knowing their war plans would not help, because this is speculation about what would have happened had their war plans gone sour. [/QUOTE]

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