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| Missile Submarine
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| Weaponry
| Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles
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| Armour
| Light
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| Type
| Support Warship
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| Faction
| USSR
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Soviet engineers, fearing Allied shelling from cruisers, realized that they would need to strike back in a similar fashion using a submarine. Stripping out the torpedo bays allowed them to move the crew quarters and sensor systems further forward, creating a space for additional weapon systems further to the rear. Unfortunately, this was not enough room for the oversized missile launchers planned, so the engineers made a number of modifications to the original submarine's hull. Eventually, they fitted the oversized missile launchers and missiles into the submarine's mid area bay, and put the engines on small outriggers to save precious internal space. This let them use essentially the same chassis as the regular submarine.
The missile submarine concealed itself beneath the waves during ordinary movement, but was revealed by the sonar systems present on board the allied destroyers and gunboats, as well as by sonar pulses. It was also forced to surface while attacking or under attack. Furthermore, it was dreadfully slow. However, it counterbalanced these weaknesses by having decent armor, and more importantly, extreme firepower. The missile submarine could launch a pair of missiles a massive distance away, hitting targets that were far inland. Furthermore, the missiles were guided to their targets, allowing infantry and light vehicles to be easily slaughtered as well as enemy aircraft and especially buildings.
This has proven crucial when a radical Soviet faction decided to launch an untested experimental biological weapon against the Allies, a weapon that could potentially destroy humanity. With assistance from a group of missile submarines and their older, regular brothers, Volkov managed to escort a scientist into the launch complex and deactivate the warheads. Without the missile submarines, this mission would be a failure even before deployment. They were eventually replaced by improved classes of missile submarines with improved designs.
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| Soviet Great World War II Arsenal
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