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Topic author: Vlad
Posted on: 20260622094133
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?
GOMZ FN-201
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Reply author: Alex_Rus
Replied on: 20260622145706
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20260622154450
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
Vlad
Reply author: fedka
Replied on: 20260622160408
I wonder when and where they developed the film and what it was used for. Training? Reconnaissance?
Reply author: Vlad
Replied on: 20260622161043
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
Reply author: fedka
Replied on: 20260622163145
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.
I am not a submariner, don't know what you would use the pictures for. Perhaps for training, like that aerial machine gun camera.
Reply author: xalmaz
Replied on: 20260623003832
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="MS Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Vlad</i>
<br />Oh! first Soviet submarine was made in 1936
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First Soviet submarine was made in 1929.
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<br />Oh! first Soviet submarine was made in 1936
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First Soviet submarine was made in 1929.
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Reply author: Jacques M.
Replied on: 20260623075645
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.
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.