Hugh Harkins

Russian Littoral Submarines & Submersibles Hugh Harkins

Russian Littoral Submarines & Submersibles - The purpose of this volume is to detail the current stable of Russian designed littoral attack submarines, midget submarines and submersibles. The evolution of small displacement Russian/Soviet submarine building is detailed, leading to the first generation Special Project 865 Piranha, Project 09070 Triton I and Project 09080 Triton II coastal and midget submarines that served the Soviet and later Russian Federation navies. The family of modern littoral submarine designs, typified by the Piranha/Piranha-T/P-550/P-650E, are detailed, as are the major submersible programs, typified by the Project 16810/16811 Rus & Project 18270 Bester deep sea rescue vehicle. The volume also covers the generation of tourist submarines designed and developed in the Soviet Union, and later the Russia Federation, from the late 1980's. The various control, sensor, communications, navigation and weapons systems that can be employed by the various submarine designs are detailed. All technical information regarding the submarines, systems and weapons have been provided by the respective design houses, developers and builders, as has the majority of the photographic and graphic material used throughout the volume.