Typhoon Attack Submarine
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| Typhoon Attack Submarine | |
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 Typhoon Subs | |
| Unit | |
| Affiliation | |
| Role |
Naval superiority |
| Armament |
Torpedoes |
| Protection |
Medium |
| Production | |
| Cost |
$1000 |
| Produced by | |
The Typhoons form the core of the Soviet Navy during the Third World War (Red Alert 2)
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[edit] History
When Stalin fought in Great World War Two, he utilised a fleet of submarines in order to attempt to dominate the seas. Although the Soviet Union was forced to disarm after his defeat, Romanov realised that a fleet of new submarines would be vital for a new secret attack force to destroy Allied forces in the United States. With this in mind, he commissioned a new force of submarines, under the direction of General Vladimir. This new force of submarines was even more potent than the first, capable of remaining permanently submerged, unless heavily damaged or detected by Allied forces.
[edit] Description
The Typhoon Attack Submarine was a swift attack submarine employed by Soviet forces during the third Great World War. It was equipped with torpedo launchers. The Typhoon was the Soviet Navy's primary naval unit, and was capable of attacking all enemy naval units. This ship was better than the destroyer in terms of anti-ship weaponry.
[edit] Uses
Soviet commanders swiftly returned to classic tactics of submarine warfare. For the Typhoon, stealth was the best option unless it was part of a large fleet of the submersibles. Commanders used Typhoons to engage isolated enemy units, and to pick off weak opponents from the edges of Allied convoys. Anything not protected by destroyers were the easy targets of Typhoons. Even the mighty Allied Aircraft Carrier was useless against the Typhoons, as long as they remained invisible. However, although they were vulnerable to Allied destroyers, Soviet commanders realised that destroyers were relatively fragile, and by carefully targeting with the Typhoons, Allied destroyers could be destroyed before their Ospreys could attack.
They could also be used to ambush Convoys of Amphibious transports en route, and if they could catch up and stay in range long enough against the speedy transports, they could cost the enemy thousands upon thousands of Ore Credits in material, as not only the transport sinks to it's grave, but everything inside would go down with them.
They can also be used to attack Robot Tank Swarms crossing the seas, as it was a favorite tactic of highly skilled and brutal Allied commanders when there are two or more large islands separated by large amounts of water, to build large numbers of robot tanks and send them across the seas to attack. When they attack the Robot tanks, the remote controlled vehicles have no defense other than their maneuverability, and promptly sink.
[edit] Counters
In order to counter the menace provided by the Typhoons, Allied commanders quickly adjusted their strategies. First of all, destroyers were always tasked to protect other Allied ships. Furthermore, Allied commmanders learned to pinpoint the position of a Typhoon according to the trails of the torpedoes. Subsequently, the commanders could force Allied units to fire upon that spot, even though the units could not actually see the submarine. Furthermore, Allied Destroyer patrols were adept at targeting and sinking Typhoons. The Allies trained dolphins, which already swam underwater, to deliver powerful sonic weaponry that could breach the submarines' hulls. Finally, when they were detected, Typhoons were vulnerable to all forms of attack, especially aircraft and land units, which the Typhoon could not counter. Also, Tanya or Navy SEALs could swim to a Typhoon and sink it with C4 explosives, assuming they were not torpedoed first.
They were also completely outmatched by the Boomer missile and attack submarine, which had far better armour, twice the amount of fire power, roughly equal speed, faster firing speed, and greater range, however the Typhoon cost only half as much as the boomer and with the industrial plant cost only 3/8ths as much, and could swarm the boomers. However, one-on-one combat is only advised for elite Typhoons, as recruit and veteran typhoons cannot deal with them. Ten boomers would be defeated rather easily by their worth in typhoons, however, no ship, not even an elite typhoon is recommended to take on a Elite boomer Submarine on a one on one basis, as said Boomer can take down a wolf pack of Typhoons and live to tell the tale.
[edit] After the Conflict
The Typhoon was replaced by the more versatile Akula submarine before the real World War 3, however its design was the base for the third generation of the Soviet submarine.
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