That’s one sleek Uber
Talk about historical twists. Just a couple of weeks away from the 86th anniversary of Unternehmen Weserübung, which saw the RN and Kriegsmarine face off in the Norwegian littoral dozens of times– with each taking a bruising over the nine-week campaign– we have this amazing photo essay released by NATO.
I give you the German Type 212A (U-31 class) SSK– 1. Ubootgeschwader’s U-35 (S 185)— dropping off Royal Marine Commandos in Norway to take part in the appropriately named Exercise Cold Response ’26 via inflatable. The RMs are from Shore Reconnaissance Troop and Special Observers from 148 Battery, both of which are from Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS), 30 Commando (IX Group).
3rd March – UK Commando Force works with the German Submarine Service during Exercise Cold Response 2026.
3rd March – UK Commando Force work with German U-Boat S185 in Northern Norway.
3rd March – UK Commando Force work with German U-Boat S185 on Winter Deployment 26.
3rd March – UK Commando Force swim from a German U-Boat as it dives below depths during Exercise Cold Response 2026.
3rd March – Shore Reconnaissance Troop approaches a rising Submarine with meticulous timing and positioning. Shore Reconnaissance Troop and Special Observers from 148 Battery, both of which are from Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS), 30 Commando, worked with German U-Boat 35 S185, a type 212A Submarine, as part of Exercise Cold Response 26.
3rd March – UK Commando Force work with German U-Boat S185. Shore Reconnaissance Troop and Special Observers from 148 Battery both of which are from Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS), 30 Commando worked with German U-Boat 35 S185, a type 212A Submarine as part of Exercise Cold Response 26.
3rd March – Shore Reconnaissance Team approach a rising Submarine with meticulous timing and positioning to land on. Shore Reconnaissance Troop and Special Observers from 148 Battery both of which are from Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS), 30 Commando worked with German U-Boat 35 S185, a type 212A Submarine as part of Exercise Cold Response 26.
Though small 1,500-ton, 183-foot boats, the Type 212As can carry a baker’s dozen advanced 21-inch torpedoes and have room for as many as eight Kampfschwimmers, but as seen above, RMs can work in a pinch.