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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II

I agree that would be the best long-term solution, and more accurately represents what the US operator will see.

Yup. Significance of this might be invaluable to the overall gameplay.

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Some Akulas have additional six 533 mm torpedo tubes mounted externally, capable of launching 6 MG 74 Korund decoys. The external tubes are mounted outside the pressure hull in one row, above the torpedo tubes, and can only be reloaded in port or with the assistance of a submarine tender. Even the Typhoon class has an similar arc of six to twelve tubes outside the pressure hull to house the MG 74 Corundum (#15): <klik 2 enlarge)

That's true. We can clearly see them here



Dunno when exactly Russians started to build them like that though. It is safe to assume that the only existing Akula in 1984 doesn't have them. With Typhoon the case is similar, only Dmitriy Donskoi (TK-208) has extra launchers and that refit ended in 2002 iirc.