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Here are the Alfa specs:
Laid down: 1974 Launched: 1977 Commissioned: 1977 General Characteristics Displacement: 2300 tons surfaced, 3200 tonnes submerged Length: 81.4 metres Beam: 9.5 metres Draught: 7.6 metres Propulsion: OK-155 or BM-40A, 155-MWt Lead cooled fast reactor
40000 shp steam turbine, one shaft Speed: 18-24 knots surfaced, 43-45 knots submerged Depth: 800 m test, 1300 m crush Complement: 27 officers, 4 petty officers Armament: Six 533-mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes:
18 SET-65 or 53-65K torpedoes
20 VA-111 Shkval torpedoes
21 SS-N-15 cruise missiles
12 SS-N-16 cruise missiles
24 mines
1300 meters = 4265 feet (That is deep)
45 knots is damn fast too. that is just barely over 51 MPH. Getting close to torpedo territory. |
At that speed it would not trigger additional attention if they had attached a siren to the nose like those StuKas once had.  |
The Alfa isn't a quiet sub anyway. They created the Mk48 to go to 3000 feet+ just to catch it since I don't think stealth was on the drawingboard when this thing was designed. It was designed to come in, do its business, and then get the heck out of dodge before it could be attacked. at 45 knots, a torp would have a hard time catching it was the idea.
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Yes, and while it is racing, it is deaf like my dead grandpa. Such tactics are not my cup of tea. I prefer to be a ghost. And when I think of it, I played almost all sims, even strategy games that way, hell, it's even true for my way of playing chess, in a way. Takes more time, but gives me victory with far lesser losses, usually. One can only hit what one can see.