Over the last few years, that means a Hobby Boss kit. Whenever many of us reach a point where we can't stand to add another fiddly bit onto a fiddly kit, we go for a nice, relaxing build that is as close to a snap-tite as our ego will allow. The submarine is also able to use its torpedo tubes to deploy mines. The 650 mm tubes can be fitted with liners to use the 533 mm weaponry.
The external tubes are mounted outside the pressure hull in one row, above the 'Normal' Torpedo tubes, and can only be reloaded in port or with the assistance of a submarine tender. Improved Akulas and Akula IIs have an additional six 533 mm torpedo tubes mounted externally, however it is unclear whether these are fully functional external tubes, or if they are only capable of launching Mines and decoys. These torpedo tubes are arranged in two rows of four tubes each. The distinctive "bulb" or "can" seen on top of the Akula's rudder houses its towed sonar array, when retracted.Īll Akulas are armed with four 533 mm torpedo tubes which can use Type 53 torpedoes or the SS-N-15 Starfish missile, and four 650 mm torpedo tubes which can use Type 65 torpedoes or the SS-N-16 Stallion missile. This allows more freedom in the design of the exterior hull shape, resulting in a very hydrodynamic submarine compared to western counterparts at the time. The Akula incorporates a double hull system composed of an inner pressure hull and an outer "light" hull. The Russians call all of the submarines Schuka-B, regardless of modifications The distinction between the Improved Akula and the Akula II class is debated by authoritative sources. There are three sub-classes or flights of Shchuka, consisting of the original seven "Akula I" submarines which were built between 19, five "Improved Akula" submarines built between 19, and two "Akula II" submarines built from 1991. Akula ("shark") is also the Soviet designation of the ballistic missile submarine class designated by NATO as the Typhoon class submarine. Project 971 Щука-Б ( Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name " Akula "), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986.
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