Recently I (and my partner in this difficult task - JS) have decided to draw some paper, fanboy driven, submarine projects. Please comment and criticise as much as you feel like
The first project was purely by JS to earn some gold for WoT, and depicts a small alternative multirole nuclear boat. Due to the decrease in the dive depth (400m crash) and max speed (25 knots), as well as the buoyancy reserve (down to 15 percent) it became possible (atleast on paper) to reduce the displacement substantially. This project could be found here:
http://skb-86.awardspace.biz/kikimora.htm
Some images:
Currently we are working on a new, torpedo armed, hunter killer submarine.
The idea is that such a submarine would compliment current project 885 series submarines (Yasen or Severodvinsk class) in the hunter-killer role and other tasks, that do not require heavy salvoes of the Yahont or Kalibr series missiles (24-32 of those carried by Severodvinsk in the VLS).
Thus the tasks it is expected to complete:
- ASW duties.
- Intelligence gathering.
- Civilian shipping interception.
- Destruction of small surface action groups with AShMs and torpedoes.
Thus the approximated requirement is:
- high tactical speed (10 knots).
- conservative max speed (25 knots).
- conservative dive depth (400m crash).
- small buoyancy reserve (15 percent).
- powerful torpedo tube armament.
- high performance sonar (bow, flank, towed arrays).
- viable counter torpedo defense, both soft and hard kill (counter torpedoes).
So we took the Kikimora project and modified it to the original version found here:
As you could see the original armament (6 533 tubes) is reinforced with the additional 8 324mm tubes for counter torpedoes (M15 series), self propelled imitators and small calibre torpedoes (MTT series).
The sonar systems were reworked in line with the project 677 layout for bow and frontal flank arrays. While trying to improve torpedo armament we have tried a number of layouts, including this one:
With 10 533mm tubes and 30 torpedoes in reserve, however this would lead to a decrease in aperture of bow sonar, thus we have stopped on 8 bow tubes seen here (this being the current version in the works):
Currently working on it and we have begun to work on a small displacement AIP sub.