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To: OKSooner

Got some specs on the KILO that look like there is no typo at all:


Designation Project 877 Paltus
Kilo Project 636
Designer Rubin Rubin
Builder Admiralty Shipyard (Sudomekh),
Shipyard 199, Nizhniy Novgorod
[completed at Sevmashpredpriyatiye, Severodvinsnk]
Shipyard 112, Komsolol’sk-na-Amur Admiralty Shipyard
Displacement (tons) 2,300-2,325 tons Surfaced
3,076-3,950 tons Full load submerged 2,350 tons Surfaced
3,126-4,000 tons Full load submerged
Speed (kts): 10-12 knots Surfaced
17-25 knots Submerge 11 knots Surfaced
20 knots Submerged
Dimensions (m): 70.0-72.6 meters long
9.9 meters beam
6.2-6.5 meters draft 72.6-73.8 meters long
9.9 meters beam
6.3-6.5 meters draft
Propulsion: diesel and electric motors
2 x 1000 kW Diesel generators
1 x 5,500-6,800 shp Propulsion motor
1 x 7-blade [? or 6-blade] fixed-pitch Propeller
diesel and electric motors
Diving depth: 240 meters Operational
300 meters Maximum 250 meters Operational
300 meters Maximum
17.5 meters Periscope
Endurance: 6,000 miles With snorkel (@ 7 knots)
400 miles Submerged (@ 3 knots)
12.7 miles At full run (@ 21 knots)
45 days Sea Endurance 7,500 miles With snorkel (@ 7 knots)
400 miles Submerged (@ 3 knots)
?? miles At full run (@ 20 knots)
45 days Sea Endurance
Armament:
# Missiles: 8 Strela-3 (SA-N-8 Gremlin) or
# 8 Igla (SA-N-10 Gimlet)
# 8 Strela-3 (SA-N-8 Gremlin) or
# 8 Igla (SA-N-10 Gimlet)
# Torpedoes: 6/533 mm Torpedoe Tubes 18 VA-111 (w: c/nucl) Torpedoes or
# 24 mines
# 6/533 mm Torpedoe Tubes 18 VA-111 Torpedoes or
# 24 mines
# Systems: radio communications
# combat control information system
# navigation system
# 1 MRK-50 (Snoop Tray-2)general purpose detection radar
# MGK-400 Rubikon (Shark Teeth) active/passive Sonar
# 2 Periscopes
[one for commander, one for air defence]
# radio communications
# combat control information system
# navigation system
# 1 MRK-50E (Snoop Tray-2) general purpose detection radar
# 1 MGK-400EM Rubikon (Shark Teeth) active/passive Sonar
# 2 Periscopes
[one for commander, one for air defence]

Makes me wonder what the SEAWOLF guys call this boat. “Bait”, maybe?


16 posted on 10/21/2008 7:54:40 AM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Nuestro MSM supuesto es simplemente una colección de putas del excedente de mercancías.)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
Makes me wonder what the SEAWOLF guys call this boat. “Bait”, maybe?

My guess would be happy meal.

But don’t tell the Chinese. Let it be a surprise on the day they get an excessively optimistic opinion of their equipment and skills.

17 posted on 10/21/2008 8:00:09 AM PDT by Cheburashka (Democratic Underground: where PCP is not just for breakfast anymore.)
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