Displacement: 19400 subm
In Class: 11+1
Acoustic Counterm: 3rd Gen
In Service: 1986
Electronic Counterm:None
ESM/AIR: 3rd/3rd Gen
Propulsion: Nuclear
Crew: 112
Size Class: Medium
Signature: Small/VQuiet
Max Depth: Deep II
Btry Rtng: 5 (Emerg.)
Weapons: ROF
PB&SB(2)12 P-700 Granit [SS-N-19]
w/2 Shipwreck (6) D
PB&SB(2)2 533mm w/12 see remarks F, E
PB&SB(2)1 650mm TT w/4 see remarks F, E
Sensors:
Skat-3 [Shark Gill], Pelamida M
Tobol series [Snoop Pair] J
Remarks:
Double hull construction. Has anechoic coating. Standoff hull with a gap of approximately 3 meters reduces ASW torp effectiveness. If hit by DE warhead the chance of a pressure hull penetration is reduced from 50% to 25%.
Estimated TT loadout 8 USET-80, 2 83RN Vodopad [SS-N-15], 2 84RN Vodoley [SS-N-15], 2 MG-74 3rd Gen submarine simulator, 6 65-76, 1 86R Veter [SS-N-16], 1 88R Vsplesk [SS-N-16]. Can receive OTH targeting data via Punch Bowl communications antenna. Federated digital FCS.
12 Aug 2000: Kursk lost in Barents Sea during exercise after explosion forward. All aboard lost.
Damage and Speed Breakdown:
Dam Pts: 0 55 110 165 198 220
Surf Speed: 20 15 10 5 0 Sinks
Subm Speed: 28 21 14 7 0 Sinks
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