Type 212CD submarine

Fiche

Pertinence pour les conflits

Ceci est la fiche unique du catalogue pour ce système. Il est pertinent pour le module ci-dessous ; le Force Atlas de chaque module montre comment il y est employé.

Opérateurs

Germany and the eastern flank: Two boats contracted in 2021 under the joint programme with Norway and four more in December 2024, six in all, with deliveries announced for the early 2030s; the existing Type 212A fleet is the German Navy's current submarine force. Programme facts only. · Norway and the eastern flank: Four boats contracted in 2021 to replace the Ula class and two more contracted in Oslo on 30 January 2026, six in all, with the first delivery announced for 2029 and the remainder through the first half of the 2030s. Programme facts only.

Rôle sur le champ de bataille

Undersea surveillance and sea denial in the Baltic approaches, the Norwegian Sea and the High North: the quiet, long-endurance conventional boat that Germany and Norway chose to build together so that one design, one training pipeline and one maintenance arrangement serve both navies.

Points forts

Air-independent propulsion with a fuel-cell plant proven on the 212A, a low-signature hull designed for shallow northern waters, and a bilateral programme whose common design, joint training and shared logistics are the reason it exists; Canada's 2026 selection of the design extends the same arrangement.

Limites

The longest schedule in the module: contracted in 2021, first delivery in 2029, the last boats in the mid-2030s, with the Norwegian Ula class and the German 212A fleet carrying the task meanwhile. A single yard building for three navies is a capacity question the programme has yet to answer. No fleet status, basing or patrol information is recorded.

Identification visuelle

A small, slender conventional submarine with a tall, narrow sail set forward and an X-form rudder at the stern; the 212CD is longer and broader than the 212A, with a more angular hull cross-section.

Emploi documenté dans les conflits

NATO EASTERN FLANK. A programme record: the 2021 contracts, the German option exercised in December 2024, the Norwegian expansion of 30 January 2026, and the start of construction in September 2023 are the published milestones, from the two ministries and the yard. No boat has been delivered. Poland's separate submarine programme, awarded to Sweden's Saab in June 2026 according to the module's economy layer, is not this family and is not recorded here.

Opérateurs par composante et par service

• Marine Prospective
• Sjøforsvaret Prospective