Thanks Maxpain , Snake65 . Is this a special ops sub or just a research vessel , any idea on its displacement , length etc , Any line drawing of the sub at the least.

Thanks
Austin

IIRC the drawing in deepstorm there were 3 spheres in line and one below them, the upper three and partly the lower one encased by outer hull.

Hi Maxpain , One of the more recent experimental commisioned by Russia by the name Loshkr ( spell ) which can dive much deeper than ( 6000 feet ??? ) and invisible to sonar by Putin some time in 2004-2005.

IIRC the media report mentioned that its shape represented a cartoon character in Russia and it was nuclear powered .

Though construction started during Soviet Days , But it could just be completed recently. Do you have any information on that sub

Name is Projekt 10831 Losharik, it’s a toon horse made of small balls. The construction of the craft resembles it, consisting of intersected spheres. Allegedly it’s supposed for deep sea rescue and special operations. Designed by Malakhit, construction started in 1988 under Sevmash inventory No.210, launched in 2003. In 2003 newspaper articles said it’s nuclear powered and can dive to 6000m, this information seems to be erased.
IIRC there was some information with photo of it at deepstorm.ru, but seems it’s gone too 😎

do they have some of the big fibreglass hulled minehunting types seen in EU navies ?

Yes, Projekt 12650 (NATO code-Sonya) is 450 ton minhunter with wood/fibreglass hull. Also a couple of larger Projekt 12660 (Gorya) – 950 tons, fibreglass hull.
Bryan, the Gatling gun on smaller vessels like Projekt 10750 and 12655 is designed AK-306, it’s light-weight version of AK-630 with only optical guidance.

Sovs have only hull-mounted “Platina-S” sonar (pretty short ranged, more for detection of incoming torps than sub-chasing) and no towed VDS. Weapons include 2×2 533 torp tubes and 2 RBU-1000 mortars. I doubt they have torps for reloading and RBU-1000 normally has 24 reloads. RBU-1000 has maximum range of 1000 m.

Projekt 971 (launch of “Gepard”) on the left and Projekt 705 on the right.

Same thing from another view-point

Russian “Alrossa”