Writing a novel on Imp. Kilos, need some sources

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Originally Posted by CapitaCatalunya

For example, do the 636's crew have to manually check the acid-lead batteries as they do in the 877's (at least the Indian and Iranian Kilos do it that way) crawling on those sliding thinggies??

Yes they do all submarines including nuclear ones who have lead acid batteries do this too.



Do the Kilos have a watermaker? The indian sailors I watched said they don't wash ever during missions and the shower had a lock

The indians run older type kilos they use absorbent overalls the new 636.1 does have a limited osmosis plant


Do the 636 Kilos have a mess for the crew, or they eat on their cabins as in the 877's? I know the Lada does, and it's not bigger than the Kilo and in a russian 636 documentary I saw they showed a mock mess room in the shipyard where they built the subs, but I don't speak russian and the auto translated captions are horrible

The have a small mess area so i am told, there has been a redesign of the 636.1 and more modern modular sections put in the systems are also more updated there is a roomer they may start trialing towed sonar array.


Thank you thank you thank you in advance

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