Akula-class submarine vs Shallow Water Combat Submersible

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ASubmarines

Akula-class submarine

Nuclear attack submarine

Shallow Water Combat Submersible — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Shallow Water Combat Submersible

Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle

Credit

CAPT Kate Dollof · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Akula-class submarinefor Akula II and Akula III

113.3 m

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Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

113mfor Akula II and Akula III

6.8m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

110.3 m

for Akula I and Akula I Improved

Single source

113.3 m

for Akula II and Akula III

Single source

Configuration

Details

Akula-class submarine and Shallow Water Combat Submersible configuration
Specification	Akula-class submarine	Shallow Water Combat Submersible
Power	one 190 MW OK-650B/OK-650M pressurized water nuclear reactor ( HEU <= 45%) 1 OK-7 steam turbine 43,000 hp (32 MW) 2 OK-2 Turbo generators producing 2 MW 1 seven-bladed propeller 2 OK-300 retractable electric propulsors for low-speed and quiet maneuvering at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)^[source]	—
Name	Akula class^[source]	—
Builders	Komsomolsk-on-Amur Severodvinsk^[source]	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Indian Navy^[source]	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)^[source]

Preceded by	Victor class , Sierra class^[source]	SEAL Delivery Vehicle^[source]

Succeeded by	Yasen class^[source]	—

Cost	est. $1.55 billion (1995 dollars)^[source]	$383 million (program cost)^[source]

Built	1983–1999^[source]	—

In commission	1984–present^[source]	—

Planned	20^[source]	—

Completed	15^[source]	2^[source]

Canceled	4 (1 Iribis suspended 42% complete since 1996)^[source]	—

Active	4 (4 active +6 on modernization in Russia)^[source]	—

Retired	5 in total.^[source]	—

Type	Nuclear attack submarine^[source]	Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle^[source]

Test depth	480 m (1,570 ft) test depth for Akula I and Akula I Improved 520 m (1,710 ft) for Akula II and III 600 m (2,000 ft) maximum operating depth^[source]	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	MGK-540 active/passive suite Flank arrays Pelamida towed array sonar MG-70 mine detection sonar^[source]	Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Bukhta ESM / ECM MG-74 Korund noise simulation decoys (fired from external tubes) MT-70 Sonar intercept receiver Nikhrom-M IFF^[source]	—

Armament	4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (28 torpedoes) and 4 × 650 mm torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes). (K-152 Nerpa has 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes) 40 torpedoes total 1–3 × Igla-M surface-to-air missile launcher fired from sail (surface use only) Granat cruise missiles, now Kalibr^[source]	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[source]

Notes	Chiblis Surface Search radar Medvyeditsa-945 Navigation system Molniya-M Satellite communications MGK-80 Underwater communications Tsunami, Kiparis, Anis, Sintez and Kora Communications antennas Paravan Towed VLF Antenna Vspletsk Combat direction system^[source]	—