Shallow Water Combat Submersible vs Victor-class submarine

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Shallow Water Combat Submersible — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Shallow Water Combat Submersible

Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle

Credit

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

BSubmarines

Victor-class submarine

Nuclear attack submarine

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

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Victor-class submarinefor Victor III

107.1 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

6.8m

107mfor Victor III

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.8 m

Length

Single source

6.8 meters (22 ft)^[source]

92.5 m

for Victor I

Single source

Configuration

Details

Shallow Water Combat Submersible and Victor-class submarine configuration
Specification	Shallow Water Combat Submersible	Victor-class submarine
Power	—	One VM-4P pressurized-water twin nuclear reactor (2x75 MW), 2 sets OK-300 steam turbines; 1 7-bladed or 2 4-bladed props; 31,000 shp (23,000 kW) at 290 shaft rpm – 2 low-speed electric cruise motors; 2 small props on stern planes; 1,020 shp (760 kW) at 500 rpm Electric: 4,460 kw tot. (2 × 2,000-kw, 380-V, 50-Hz a.c. OK-2 turbogenerators, 1 × 460-kw diesel emergency set)^[source]
Builders	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]	Sudomekh Shipyard^[source]
Operators	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy^[source]
Preceded by	SEAL Delivery Vehicle^[source]

Cost	$383 million (program cost)^[source]	—

On order	7 USN, 3 RN^[source]	—

Building	2^[source]	—

Completed	2^[source]	48^[source]

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

Propulsion	Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors^[source]	—

Test depth	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS^[source]	Radar: 1 MRK-50 Albatros-series (Snoop Tray-2) navigation/search Sonar: MGK-503 Skat-KS (Shark Gill) suite: LF active/passive; passive flank array; Barrakuda towed passive linear array (Victor III only); MT-70 active ice avoidance EW: MRP-10 Zaliv-P/Buleva (Brick Pulp) intercept; Park Lamp direction-finder^[source]

Armament	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[source]	Active vessels have 2 bow torpedo tubes, 650 mm (26 in) (6 weapons – Type 88R / SS-N-16 Stallion ASW missiles, Type 65-76 torpedoes) 4 bow torpedo tubes, 533 mm (21 in) (18 weapons – Type 83RN / Type 53-65K / USET-80 torpedoes, Type 84RN / SS-N-15 Starfish ASW missiles, VA-111 Shkval rocket torpedoes, MG-74 Korund and Siren decoys, or up to 36 naval mines )^[source]