EQUIPMENT/Improved Kilo-class (Varshavyanka)

SUBMARINECOMBAT PROVEN

IMPROVED KILO-CLASS (VARSHAVYANKA)

Project 636.3

Conventional Submarine

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Russia

Europe

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OVERVIEW

MANUFACTURERAdmiralty Shipyard

YEAR INTRODUCED2014

UNITS IN SERVICE12

UNITS PRODUCED14

UNIT COST$300.0M

DESCRIPTION

Russia's quietest diesel-electric submarine, dubbed "Black Hole" by NATO for its low noise signature. Fires Kalibr cruise missiles against targets in Ukraine and previously Syria.

SPECIFICATIONS

Displacement

3950 tonnes submerged

Length

73.8 m

Beam

9.9 m

Crew

Max Speed

20 knots submerged

Diving Depth

300 m

Propulsion

Diesel-electric

Weapons

6x 533mm torpedo tubes (18 weapons)

Torpedoes

TEST-71MKE torpedoes, Kalibr cruise missiles (3M-54/3M-14)

Mines

Can lay 24 mines

Nickname

"Black Hole" submarine

COMBAT RECORD

Syria (2015, first Kalibr strikes from submarine). Ukraine (2022–present). Launched Kalibr cruise missiles from Mediterranean and Black Sea.

GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT

OPERATORS

Operator data coming soon

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