The scenario's submarine campaign aims for more than the greatest possible number of sunken hulls. Soviet crews would seek intelligence on cargoes and prioritise tankers, artillery ammunition, bombs, and other high-value supplies. Nuclear submarines carried limited torpedo loads, making target selection a strategic necessity. In a conventional war, these cargoes support the massed firepower and mobility needed to slow or stop an opposing ground offensive, so a small number of successful attacks could have effects far beyond the ships lost.
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Why tankers and ammunition ships matter most
Submarines with few torpedoes gain the most leverage by targeting the fuel and ammunition cargoes needed to sustain a conventional land war.