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SLC-200 Maiale Walk Around (2011)
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A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons[citation needed], typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to 6 or 8, with little or no on-board living accommodation. Midget submarines normally work with mother ships, from which they are launched and recovered, and which provide living accommodation for the crew and other support staff.

Both military and civilian midget submarines have been built. Military types work with surface ships and other submarines as mother ships. Civilian and non-combatant military types are generally called submersibles, and normally work with surface ships.

Military submarines Uses
The best known role for midget submarines is probably harbor penetration, although only two World War Two boats, the British X-craft and the unsuccessful Welman submarine were specifically designed with this in mind. Japan's Ko-hyoteki class submarines were originally designed to take part in decisive fleet actions. However, as circumstances changed, they ended up tasked with harbour penetration. Germany's various World War II designs were mostly designed to attack Allied shipping off landing beaches and harbours, although the Seehund had a great enough range to attack shipping off the Thames estuary.

Midget submarines have also seen some use in support roles. X-craft were used for reconnaissance, and the Seehund was used to carry supplies. A number of modern midget submarines have also been built for submarine rescue.

ArmamentMidget submarines are commonly armed with torpedoes and mines. Alternatively, they may carry timed explosive charges.

Types by nation:

Italy:
-An Italian CB class submarine Siluro a Lenta Corsa (SLC), also  known as "Maiale" (pig), a low speed torpedo chariot 
 Bathyscaphe Trieste was first to explore the Challenger Deep of  the Mariana Trench

-CA type First series was a 2 man midget submarine the second  series carried a crew of three.
-CB type 45 ton 4 man design first introduced in 1941
-CE2F/X100 post-war torpedo chariot 
-SX-404 a 70 ton submarine design. 4 were sold to Columbia and 2  to Taiwan in the 1970s.

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Title: SLC-200 Maiale Walk Around 
Author: Gaetano Pisano 
Pics: 47 
Resolution: 2816X2112X24bit jpeg 
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