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Video: Barracuda Type SSN and Naval Special Forces

Exclusive interview with Stephan Meunier, Naval Group's Operational Marketing Director and former Rubis-class SSN commander in the French Navy, on the Barracuda type SSN's capability to deploy and support naval special forces.

Xavier Vavasseur 22 Jul 2019

The future Barracuda type SSNs of the French Navy are able to accommodate up to 15 special operation forces (the famous Commandos Marine). While the preceding Rubis-class is only able to deploy a handful of swimmers from the torpedo tubes, fully-equipped frogmen onboard the Suffren will either be deployed from the embedded air-lock or from a removable Dry Deck Shelter. This DDS then allows the special operation forces to use heavier equipment, including surface and sub-surface vehicles such as a swimmer delivery vehicle (the PSM3G by ECA Group), diver propulsion vehicles (DPV), or Zodiac RHIBs.

When French attack submarines are operational with cruise missiles and DDS, the Marine Nationale will then master tactical capabilities mastered only by the US Navy and Royal Navy (inside NATO).

Barracuda Commandos Marine French Navy Naval Group Special Forces SSN Submarine Suffren Suffren-class Swimmer Delivery Vehicle 2019-07-22
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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