GOMZ FN-201

Someone posted this photo on Facebook, I've never seen anything like this, any ideas what is the purpose of this? Seems like a technical camera but for what?

https://vk.com/starie_fotoapparati?z=photo-34301331_457279258%2Fwall-34301331_128498

camera for submarine periscopes

Oh! So it is! I saw it mentioned but I wasn't sure, first Soviet submarine was made in 1936 and this is 1938 so timing somewhat works. thank you!
Vlad

I wonder when and where they developed the film and what it was used for. Training? Reconnaissance?

I would assume they had to have some kind of dark room facility on the submarine itself.. or at least gear to develop it right there an then

Having a place to develop is easy.
I am not a submariner, don't know what you would use the pictures for. Perhaps for training, like that aerial machine gun camera.

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Originally posted by Vlad

Oh! first Soviet submarine was made in 1936

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First Soviet submarine was made in 1929.

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Interesting!
On the postwar British and French submarines, the cameras were adapted from the production (Reid and Sigrist I; different Foca models). I wonder why a special camera on Soviet ones, whereas it could certainly have been easy to adapt some Feds...Amitiés. Jacques.