SOVIET UNION PROPAGANDA FILM " OPERATION OCEAN " 1970 USSR NAVY WARGAMES EXERCISE 21844

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Originally made by the Soviet Union, this propaganda film was re-released by the American C.I.A. complete with English narration. It features wargames known as Ocean-70 performed by the Soviet fleet. The exercise took place between 14th April and 5th of May 1970. It was conducted under the command of Admiral Gorshkov, commander in Chief of the Soviet Navy. Depicted are various types of the contemporary Soviet surface navy materiel, Soviet Navy airforce and air reconnaissance, Soviet Marines and their amphibious assault vehicles, and the first generation of the Soviet navy nuclear and non-nuclear submarines - November, Echo and Foxtrot types. The latest (commissioned 1968-1970) Soviet navy nuclear submarines do not appear in this movie.The classified part of this exercise involved the search for the sunken K-8 submarine, which foundered in the bay of Biscay on April 12th 1970 (not portrayed, understandably).
Here are some highlights:
0:52 Early version of a Tu-22, with a refueling boom (early air intakes configuration)
2:01 to 2:09 Admiral Gorshkov
2:30 to 2:32 Admiral Lobov h
2:35 Project 627 "Kit" or NATO "November" nuclear submarine
2:46 one of the early ASM and SLBM-carrying "Echo-1" or Project 679 nuclear submarines
5:06 Admiral Mikhailin
5:57 to 6:40 Myasishev M-4 ("Molot" or "Hammer") NATO ID"Bison"
6:11 View towards an M-4-based tanker, during inflight refueling
6:54 a Tu-142 formation - NATO ID "Bear F/J"
7:00 M-4, again, viewed from a Tu-14
27:29 Admiral Sysoev
8:00 Moskva-class "Leningrad" Helicopter and ASM Carrier
8:50 to 9:08 Kamov Ka-25 (NATO ID "Hormone") antisubmarine warfare helicopters
12:06 to 12:19 AA ship artillery mount, at 12:16 showing an airplane identification diagram on the mount's wall by the gunner's side13:07 KS-1 "Raduga" (NATO ID "Kennel") nuclear-ready anti-ship-missile based on MiG-15
13:30 to 13:47 Hull breach exercise, including NBC-suit-wearing crew cleaning the deck of the simulated "radioactive fallout"
15:53 onwards - Soviet Marine corps "capture the flag" exercise on the Rybachy peninsula
15:54 BTR-60 Armored Personnel Carrier
16:00 - 16:10 BMD-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Soviet Marines Corps
16:12 T-54-based Tracked Military tractor, a Common Chassis Platform for most Soviet Army tracked exploration and winterized tracked vehicles
16:28 Tu-16 ("Badger") or Yak-28 ("Brewer") flying in formation
17:55 onwards - BMD-1
18:08 A T-54 / T-55 tank, accompanied by a couple of BMD-1
18:32 Marshal Grechko
19:14 Project 641 "Foxtrot" diesel attack submarine followed, again, by 627/"November" at 19:21
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[@IvanDmitriev1]

0:52 Early version of a Tu-22 (early air intakes configuration) 2:35 Project 627 "Kit" or NATO "November" 2:46 one of the early ASM and SLBM-carrying "Echo-1" or Project 679 5:57 to 6:04 Myasishev M-4 ("Molot" or "Hammer") NATO ID"Bison" 6:54 a Tu-142 formation - NATO ID "Bear F/J" 7:00 M-4, again, viewed from a Tu-142 8:00 Moskva-class "Leningrad" Helicopter and ASM Carrier 8:50 Kamov Ka-25 (NATO ID "Hormone") antisubmarine warfare helicopters 13:07 KS-1 "Raduga" (NATO ID "Kennel") nuclear-ready anti-ship-missile based on MiG-15 13:50 "Goddam, we've been hit by a nuclear missile! it's time to hit the deck and clean it with a special solution" - I'm thinking this is either a mistranslation, or they're being INCREDIBLY optimistic here. 15:53 "Junior Communist Party members .... Digitalenko" ... what? I don't think it's a real name. 15:54 BTR-60 Armored Personnel Carrier, probably 16:00 - 16:10 BMD-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the Soviet Marines Corps 16:12 T-54-based Tracked Military tractor, which also served as a Common Chasis Platform for most tracked exploration and winterized tracked vehicles 16:28 Tu-16 ("Badger") or Yak-28 ("Brewer") flying in formation 17:55 onwards - BMD-1 doing what they're supposed to do. 18:08 A T-54/T-55 tank, accompanied by a couple of BMD-1 18:13 Trying to kill a tank with an assault rifle. FPS-style, as a Battlefield Series veteran, I'd advise to use a sidearm and aim roughly to the place where the tank driver clips out of the tank XD 18:32 Marshal Grechko, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Grechko 19:14 Project 641 "Foxtrot" diesel attack submarine followed, again, by 627/"November" at 19:21 It would help if someone with knowledge of identifying warships could tag the types of warships diplayed in this movie.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@paulpott261]

The BMD-1 was not used by the Soviet Navy, they were only used by the VDV. Those tanks in 16:00-16:10 are PT-76B's

[@sarjim4381]

Reminds me of "Airplane" as they keep using propeller noises while showing Tu-16 jet bombers.

[@sid2112]

Surely you must be joking.

[@sarjim4381]

@@sid2112 No, I'm not, and don't call me Surely!

[@sid2112]

@@sarjim4381 😅

[@gwaters8067]

@@sid2112 he's not joking and he's not called Shirley.... 👍👍👍👍

[@sid2112]

@@gwaters8067 that's an entirely different comment, altogether.

[@wtfbuddy1]

Nice historical film, this is the Soviet Navy when it was a threat , propaganda is a weapon, even for a 1970 film.

[@Starphot]

1970 film. I joined the US Navy in 1971. The Soviet Navy was showing some weaknesses. The 1973 Israeli Yom Kippur war had the US and Soviet saber rattling in the eastern Mediterranean. A lot of ships involved from both sides. I left my ship in October, 1975, 2 years later from a separate cruise. There were still a lot of Soviet ships anchored at the open shallow anchorages still waiting to be towed back to the Black Sea bases.

[@sid2112]

Oh my god the auto generated captions are epic, hehehe.

[@mosesgoldbergshekelstien1520]

8:42 incredible footage of quadruple launch of 4 ASW helicopters from a Moskva class cruiser

[@johnkern7075]

hey Yogi he's coming to your town. Hey Yogi he never wears a frown. Hey Yogi he's as happy as can be because all of Russia is Yogi's family. hey Yogi!

[@brucewelty7684]

There were NO battleships in the Navy of the CCCP in 1970.

[@Ilazie]

Yes, battleships stoped existing after WWII

[@brucewelty7684]

@@Ilazie The Kirov was impressive though!

[@rickb1973]

Backfire supersonic bombers, what looks like either a Victor or maybe even an Alfa class nuclear attack submarine....And yet from this, it looks as if the Soviets made no advances in the technology film or video cameras since around the time Eisenstein shot The Battleship Potemkin.

[@IvanDmitriev1]

There are no "Alfa"/"Victor"(Lyra/Schuka/Ersh)-class submarines in this video.

[@rickb1973]

@@IvanDmitriev1 2:58?

[@IvanDmitriev1]

@@rickb1973 A "November" sub with their typical upper hemisphere sonar tiling. When watching Soviet documentaries - even those for internal fleet training - you shouldn't expect them to show "the latest" submarines. Generally, all the information was provided on a need-to-know basis. Only senior commanding officers (Admiral-leutenant and above) actually knew which submarine types the navy had, either by serving on them or commanding them. In addition to that - this documentary being from 1970 they couldn't have shown 705 Lyra because it wasn't commissioned until 1971.

[@rickb1973]

@@IvanDmitriev1 My mistake! Thank you for the correction.

[@edwardormsby4963]

Backfires were still under going development in 1970 none were operational until 1972 when it went into production.

[@leegraves8878]

Is that Ward Cleaver?

[@olliefoxx7165]

Why were they shooting missiles at a sub? Aren't depth charges more effective? I suppose it was visually more appealing.

[@brucewilson4200]

A staple of the Russian navy, Soviet or post, has been rocket-launched torpedoes.

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@brucewilson4200 I knew they were fond of rockets but didn't know rocket torpedoes were a thing. 👍

[@brucewelty7684]

@@olliefoxx7165 ASROC you must not be American

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@brucewelty7684 I'm not well versed in modern naval weaponry. Appreciate the heads up. Will look into ASROC.👍. Ive been focusing more on the rail fun stuff. It's amazing. The rocket torpedoes are new to me. What's the advantage? More range? Quicker?

[@kingofaesthetics9407]

@@olliefoxx7165 The main advantage of anti-submarine missiles is range, they're used as stand-off weapons.