The Type 212’s ability to operate in waters as shallow as seventeen meters deep, enabled in part by its X-shaped rudder, makes it ideal for creeping close to the coast to deploy Germany’s ...

The Type 212’s double hull displaces 1,800 tons submerged, and is made of nonmagnetic materials so that it is not suceptible to detection by magnetic anomaly detectors.

Key Points – Germany’s Type 212A diesel-electric attack submarine, developed by ThyssenKrupp, represents a cutting-edge advancement in conventionally-propelled undersea warfare, replacing the ...

The first Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) built Type 212 Common Design (CD) submarine is expected to hit the water in 2027, Shephard learned during the UDT event in Rotterdam.. The company is ...

The Origin Story of the Type 212 Submarine. Following the collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s, Germany sought out a replacement for its aging Type 206 submarines. Initially, ...

Rendering of a Type 212. New diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) programs for NATO members Italy, Norway and Germany are indicative of the developing trends in the conventional submarine market ...

That was always the intent, even though the 212s were developed simply to replace the Cold War era Type 209s and keep a prosperous export business (subs) going. In late 2005 Germany commissioned its ...

The Italian Navy's Type 212 Near Future Submarine (NFS) programme has achieved another milestone with the successful delivery of the system design review (SDR), the European defence procurement ...

Italy’s Near Future Submarine (NFS) design will be Italian in nature. Currently the backbone of Italian Navy’s (Marina Militare) submarine force are four Type-212A submarines. These are ...

Fincantieri was awarded a EUR1.35 billion (USD1.63 billion) contract for the first batch of Type 212 NFSs (with an option for two more) via OCCAR on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defence in ...

Their current submarine program is the Type-212 Todaro class, a joint venture with Germany. They also offer export designs including the S1000, which is a joint venture with a Russian ship designer.