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ikalugin · 10-10-14, 06:21 PM

On the current projects.

Currently in Russian service there are 3 4th generation submarine projects - 885, 955, 677. All of those 3 projects have suffered considerable difficulties during their production (due to the funding issues in 90s and 00s, as well as the general industrial collapse), however at the moment those appear to be somewhat solved.

I wont go into the well known details, but would try to point things often not known even by the sub fans.

The first submarine of project 885 (Severodvinsk, the original subject of this thread) has suffered a lot of production issues, it did not recieve the 4th generation powerplant due to the delays, its electronics suit was outdated by it's completion due to the lengthy production process.

However it is still a powerfully armed (8 torpedo tubes, 24-32 VLS rounds) and fairly silent submarin desighn, with a good sonar suit.

The updated, modern, fully 4th generation boats are the project 885M (this is popular designation of the follow up boats), several of which are in production at this time.

The 2nd one, the project 955 has suffered simmilar problems. However due to the sheer importance of the nuclear deterrent several decisions were made to allow quicker rates of production - mainly changing the project to use the hull sections and other equipment pre produced by the USSR for the follow up Akula series boats, this is known as project 09551, first 3 boats were built under this desighn.

The original could be seen here:

The follow up boats (project 09552, from the 4th boat onwards) receive the 4th generation features intended in the original, with increased missile load (to 20 SLBM rounds) and other major changes.

An intersting spin off desighn is the pr. 935 which is a downscaled version of pr. 955. It could be seen here:

The last but not least is the Lada class, project 677. Although only one submarine of this class is complete, this single hull boat is quite interesting to study as it is the first conventional submarine to carry a towed sonar array and to have a large aperture bow array that could be seen here:

10-10-14, 06:21 PM	#10
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	On the current projects. Currently in Russian service there are 3 4th generation submarine projects - 885, 955, 677. All of those 3 projects have suffered considerable difficulties during their production (due to the funding issues in 90s and 00s, as well as the general industrial collapse), however at the moment those appear to be somewhat solved. I wont go into the well known details, but would try to point things often not known even by the sub fans. The first submarine of project 885 (Severodvinsk, the original subject of this thread) has suffered a lot of production issues, it did not recieve the 4th generation powerplant due to the delays, its electronics suit was outdated by it's completion due to the lengthy production process. However it is still a powerfully armed (8 torpedo tubes, 24-32 VLS rounds) and fairly silent submarin desighn, with a good sonar suit. The updated, modern, fully 4th generation boats are the project 885M (this is popular designation of the follow up boats), several of which are in production at this time. The 2nd one, the project 955 has suffered simmilar problems. However due to the sheer importance of the nuclear deterrent several decisions were made to allow quicker rates of production - mainly changing the project to use the hull sections and other equipment pre produced by the USSR for the follow up Akula series boats, this is known as project 09551, first 3 boats were built under this desighn. The original could be seen here: The follow up boats (project 09552, from the 4th boat onwards) receive the 4th generation features intended in the original, with increased missile load (to 20 SLBM rounds) and other major changes. An intersting spin off desighn is the pr. 935 which is a downscaled version of pr. 955. It could be seen here: The last but not least is the Lada class, project 677. Although only one submarine of this class is complete, this single hull boat is quite interesting to study as it is the first conventional submarine to carry a towed sonar array and to have a large aperture bow array that could be seen here: Last edited by ikalugin; 10-10-14 at 06:59 PM.