Improved Kilo class (Project 636)

Displacement: 2,350 tons surf./3,126 tons sub.
Speed: 11 kts surf./19 kts sub.
Dimensions: 73.80 × 9.90 × 6.60 (max.; 6.20 mean hull amidships, surf.)
Range: 7,500/7 snorkel; 400/3 sub.
Crew: 13 officers, 12 warrant officers, 12 petty officers, 15 nonrated

ARMAMENT:
6 bow 533-mm TT (18 torpedoes or 24 mines),1 Fasta-4 SAM syst. (6 Igla-M missiles). Only the two outer torpedo tubes in the lower row can accommodate TEST-71ME-NK wire-guided torpedoes (of which China has purchased 15), while all tubes can launch Types 53-65KE, 53-56B, 53BA, and SET-53ME torpedoes; an automatic reload system permits reloading within 2 minutes. Torpedoes can be launched down to 240 m (787 ft) depths. 24 Mines can be carried in lieu of torpedoes. (Using 12 in the tubes and 12 in the racks.)

GAMEPLAY WEAPONS:
For gameplay the following weapons are available for these hulls: 53-65KE, SET-53ME, TEST-71ME-NK wire-guided torpedoes, SA-N-8 Gremlin (Igla-M surface-to-air missiles), mobile mines.
(Note that these two hulls are NOT capable of firing the Klub missiles.)

ELECTRONICS:
Radar: 1 MPK-50E nav./surf. search
Sonar: MGK-400 (Shark Gill) LF active/passive suite, passive hull array; MG-519 (Mouse Roar) active object avoidance; MT-553 sound velocity measurement, MG-512 self-cavitation measurement
EW: MPM-25EM intercept

MOTOR:
2 Type 4-2AA-42M turbocharged diesel generator sets (1,500 kw each at 700 rpm), 1 electric motor, 1 7-bladed prop, 5,500 shp-1 MT-140 electric low-speed motor (183 shp)-2 MT-168 internal electric creep/maneuvering motors, 2 ducted props; 204 shp (for 3 kts)

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