AKULA-II CLASS

Quieter than the Akula I Improved the Akula II is the quietest nuclear powered Russian submarine in existence. At low speed is reported to be as quiet or quieter than the United States Improved Los Angeles class submarine. Also armed with six additional external tubes for weapons or countermeasures, the Akula-II is a formidable opponent

Displacement: 8,140 tons surf./10,700 tons sub.
Speed: 10 kts surf./33-35 kts sub.
Dimensions: 110.30 x 13.60 (15.4 over stabilizers) x 9.68
TPK: 7
Crew: 28 officers, 45 enlisted

ARMAMENT:
4 bow 650-mm TT (Type 86R and 88R/SS-N-16 Stallion missiles and/or Type 65-76 torpedoes); 4 bow 533-mm TT (Type 83RN and 84RN/SS-N-15 Starfish and RPK-55 Granat/SS-N-21 Sampson missiles; USET-80 torpedoes; mines); 1 shoulder-launched SAM syst. (18 Strela-2M or Igla-M missiles). 6 533-mm external tubes for MG-104 and MG-114 programmable torpedo decoys.
(See Gameplay Note below.)

ELECTRONICS:
Radar: 1 MRK-50 Albatros’-series (Snoop Pair) nav./search
Sonar: MGK-540 Skat-3 (Shark Gill) suite: MGK-503 LF active/passive; passive flank array; MG-519 HF active mine avoidance; large-aperture towed passive LF linear hydrophone array
EW: Amber Light intercept; Rim Hat intercept; Park Lamp D/F

MOTOR:
1 OK-650B pressurized-water nuclear reactor (190 Mw), steam turbines; 1/7-bladed prop; 47,600 shp; 2/dc electric low-speed motors; 820 shp for 3-4 kts

DEPTH:
Maximum operating depth is 520 m, with normal operating depth of 400-450 m and crush depth reported as 900 m.

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