IMPROVED AKULA-I (Project 971U)

Russia’s counterpart to the U.S. Los Angeles Class, the Improved Akula-I Class submarine is nearly as quiet as the 688(I). With six additional tubes external to the pressure hull, it is capable of carrying additional weapons or decoys.

Displacement: 9,830 tons surf./12,390 tons sub.
Speed: 10 kts surf./33-35 kts sub.
Dimensions: 114.30 x 13.60 (15.4 over stabilizers) x 9.68
TPK: 7
Crew: 20 officers, 30 enlisted

ARMAMENT:
4 bow 650-mm TT (Type 86R and 88R/SS-N-16 Stallion missiles and/or Type 65-76 or UGST torpedoes); 4 bow 533-mm TT (Type 83R and 84R/SS-N-15 Starfish and RPK-55 Granat/SS-N-21 Sampson missiles; USET-80 torpedoes; mines); 6 533-mm external bow tubes; 1 shoulder-launched SAM syst. (18 Strela-2M or Igla-M missiles). (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 (1,706 ft), with normal operating depth of 400-450 m (1,312-1,476 ft) and crush depth reported as 900 m (2.953 ft).

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