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Old 05-22-20, 11:18 AM   #3
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Default akula class SSN & borei SSBN

The Akula Class Soviet Designation Project 971 Shchuka-B (pike-B)
tube load outs are :

Akula,s

4 x 533 mm caliber tubes - 28 torpedo reloads

4 x 650 mm caliber tubes - 12 torpedo reloads


tho K-152 Nerpa has

8 x 533 mm caliber tubes - 40 torpedo reloads


the Improved Akula and Akula II,s & the Single Akula III have


4 x 533 mm caliber tubes - 28 torpedo reloads

4 x 650 mm caliber tubes - 12 torpedo reloads

All Akula,s after the original 971 Batch of Submarines also have 6 x 533 mm SSE tubes (Submerged Signal Ejector) as well for decoys or possibly torpedos these are external to the pressure hull and are port or submarine tender re-loadable only

The first Borei Class SSBNS Project 955 boats all 3 of them used the entire front-end taken from unfinished Akula Class SSN,s so they got 8 tubes all 533 mm Caliber like K-52 Nerpa or 4 x 533 mm Caliber & 4x 650 mm Caliber this gives them a unusually high complement of torpedo tubes for a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) oscar hull parts were used as well the new Borei-II,s Project 955-A are constructed the same tho they were built new not using unfinished Akula Hulls & oscar hull parts like the original the new Borei II,S are the first russian submarine to have all moving rudder and stern control surfaces this gives them a better control then the originals also the hulls are better streamlined and they are even quieter then the original 3 boats Batch 955

Hope this info helps mate i made mine 8 then 6 vls,s decoys in the VLS System to be the decoy sse tubes

one thing to mention your set up has 14 internal torpedo tubes and 6 in the vls so you have got 20 torpedo tubes.

Last edited by steel shark; 05-29-20 at 09:40 AM.
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