"SIERRA-I Class Submarine" Topic

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Tango01

01 Dec 2020 1:08 p.m. PST

"It takes a certain confidence to name a submarine after the Barracuda. It has to be fast and it has to have a bite. Built towards the end of the Cold War when the Soviets had finally started producing truly quiet submarines, the Project 945 SIERRA-I Class were amongst the most potent in the modern Russian fleet. It was the first Russian sub to carry 40 torpedoes, more than double the load of the proceeding VICTOR-III Class. The torpedoes were a mix of standard 533mm (21") heavyweight torpedoes and the massive 650mm (26") Type 65-76 anti-carrier torpedoes. The torpedo tubes were arranged with four at 533mm and four at 650mm…"

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