Agosta-class submarine vs Oscar-class submarine

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Agosta-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Agosta-class submarine

Credit

Yannick Le Bris · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSubmarines

Oscar-class submarine

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine

Credit

Sergey Konovalov · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Agosta-class submarinePakistan

76 m

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Oscar-class submarinemaximum

155 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Agosta-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Oscar-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+203%
Speed+55%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 33 rows sourced on both sides

76mPakistan

155mmaximum

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

67 m

France, Spain

Single source

76 m

Pakistan

Single source

Configuration

Details

Agosta-class submarine and Oscar-class submarine configuration
Specification	Agosta-class submarine	Oscar-class submarine
Power	2 groupes électrogènes SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 4 de 960 kW , 1 moteur électrique de propulsion de 3 500 kW , 1 hélice^[source]	2 × pressurized water cooled reactors, HEU ≤ 45%^[source] 2 × steam turbines delivering 73,070 kW (97,990 shp) to two shafts^[source]
Operators	French Navy (former) Royal Malaysian Navy (former) Spanish Navy Pakistan Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Daphné class^[source]	Papa class Charlie class^[source]

Succeeded by	Scorpène class Rubis class^[source]	Yasen class^[source]

Subclasses	Agosta 90B^[source]	—

Built	1977–2006^[source]	1975–2022, may be restarted^[source]

In commission	1977 – Active in service in Spain and Pakistan^[source]	1980–present^[source]

Planned	13^[source]	20 (2 949, 18 949A)^[source]

Completed	13^[source]	14 (2 949, 11 949A, 1 09852)^[source]

Active	6^[source]	6 (modernization of some boats to 949AM)^[source]

Retired	7^[source]	5?^[source]

Scrapped	5^[source]	—

Preserved	1^[source]	—

Test depth	300 m (980 ft) (France, Spain) 350 m (1,150 ft) (Pakistan)^[source]	600 m^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Thomson CSF DRUA 33 Radar Thomson Sintra DSUV 22 DUUA 2D Sonar DUUA 1D Sonar DUUX 2 Sonar DSUV 62A towed array^[source]	—

Armament	SM 39 Exocet 4 × 550 mm (22 in) bow torpedo tubes (12 reloads on Khalid-class, 16 reloads on Hashmat class ) ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes^[source]	4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) and 2 × 650 mm (26 in) torpedo tubes in bow 28 × 533 mm and 650 mm weapons, including RPK-2 Vyuga (SS-N-15 Starfish) anti-submarine missiles with 15 kt nuclear warheads and RPK-6 Vodopad/RPK-7 Veter (SS-N-16) anti-submarine missiles with 200 kt nuclear warhead or Type 40 anti-submarine torpedo or 32 ground mines 24 × P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) cruise missiles with 750 kilograms (1,650 lb) HE or 6 × 100 Mt Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed drones^[source]