Re: In Case You Missed It; a Soviet Summary ... - What If?
It was definitely interesting to read the other side of the story.
“For discovering the brigade submarines they also used the stationary hydroacoustic system of underwater reconnaissance and observation “SOSUS,” as well as the shore means of radio-electric resistance to create radio interference in the command and control systems of our submarines. Practically on every bandwidth, interference transmitters were turned on at the start of transmission of information from Moscow, which resulted in delays of reception of orders from the Headquarters of the Navy from several hours to a full day.
It is possible that depth bombs were actually used because three of the submarines suffered damage to the parts of radio systems antennas, which made reception and transmission of information substantially more difficult.”
WHAT IF one of the subs did not receive the order to return to Russia because of our jamming or its radio antenna was damaged?
“During one of the pursuit episodes, the hydroacoustic systems of submarine “B-36” identified the noise of torpedo propellers launched against the submarine, and when the torpedo did not home on the target because the submarine was submerging very fast, the destroyer attempted to ram [the submarine] and passed over the command room [rubka] and the conning tower of the boat. Luckily by that moment the boat already had submerged to the depth of 30 meters. When submarine “B-36” came up to the surface, the guns and the torpedo launchers of the destroyer were opened and aimed at the submarine.”
WHAT IF the destroyer had rammed the sub, caused substantial damage, and on its way to the bottom the sub had fired its nuclear torpedo back in retaliation?
