Kashalot-class submarine vs Oscar-class submarine

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ASubmarines

Kashalot-class submarine

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Oscar-class submarine

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kashalot-class submarineLength

69 m

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Oscar-class submarinemaximum

155 m

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Kashalot-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Oscar-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Beam+160%
Speed+5%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

69m

155mmaximum

Length

All recorded figures & sources

69 m

Length

Single source

69 m (226 ft 5 in)^[source]

155 m

maximum

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kashalot-class submarine and Oscar-class submarine configuration
Specification	Kashalot-class submarine	Oscar-class submarine
Complement	About 36^[source]	94/107^[source]
Power	One pressurized-water nuclear reactor 1.5 MW (2,000 hp), 1 sets steam turbines; 10,000 shp (7,500 kW)^[source]	2 × pressurized water cooled reactors, HEU ≤ 45%^[source] 2 × steam turbines delivering 73,070 kW (97,990 shp) to two shafts^[source]
Name	Kashalot^[source]	Oscar II class^[source]
Builders

Operators	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]

Built	1977–1991^[source]	1975–2022, may be restarted^[source]

In service	1986–present^[source]	—

Planned	3^[source]	20 (2 949, 18 949A)^[source]

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

Canceled	1^[source]	6 (2 incomplete, 4 never laid down)^[source]

Active	2^[source]	6 (modernization of some boats to 949AM)^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: 1 Snoop Slab search Sonar: HF active^[source]	—

Country of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]

Preceded by	—	Papa class Charlie class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Yasen class^[source]

In commission	—	1980–present^[source]

Laid up	—	2^[source]

Lost	—	1^[source]

Retired	—	5?^[source]

Type	—	Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine^[source]

Endurance	—	120 days^[source]

Test depth	—	600 m^[source]

Armament	—	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]