The good thing about fas.org is they take in to account the parameters and specification of a certain unit then put all that into a calculation then spit out a rough idea of what the ship or submarine can do.
They state the project 941 akula (typhoon) is the following:
Displacement
23,200-24,500 tons Surfaced
33,800-48,000 tons Submerged
Maximum diving depth
500 meters
Now i do know that the typhoon has diffrent maximum diving depth here its very clear to me that fas.org got it wrong, the true depth is in the order of 330 meters to 450meters in and around that area.
Thats just an example but dont ask about american submarines not that up to date with them at all infact theres one heck of alot i dont know about them.
But i will say this though.
Even if they lack the speed and diving depths of the russians they are still far superior boats and i personaly think that the odds of a russian sinking an american would be around 3 to 1.
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