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No screenshots, unneeded sound on gifs/videos, memes, funny things, edgyness, cuteness, porn, click bait, etc., no AI-generated images, illusions, most arts/crafts, conceptual things that are not actuality, architecture, low-effort links to wikipedia articles. Rules (click for more details on the rules) He has also designed Yankees, Hotels and Deltas, a total of 92 submarines were built based on his design.A place to share (almost) anything and everything interesting as fuck. He is Sergei Nikitch Kovalyov, the chief designer of Typhoon class SSBN. Last but not the least, how can we forget to talk about the guy who designed it This made Typhoons almost as quiet as Ohios at low speeds and slightly more noisy at higher speeds. Similarly in the inner radio active coolant circuit, coolant moved due to its temperature gradient as well which removed the need of pumps at low and medium speeds. This scoop took in water due to forward movement of the sub, this provided natural circulation and thus removed the need of pumps. The tube like structure marked by the number “1” is the housing for the port side towed array whereas the scoop marked by “2” takes in sea water for non radioactive cooling circuit of the reactor. These pics were taken by the crew during one of those incidences. This was only possible due to the sheer amount of reserve buoyancy they had (49%). All Soviet subs had a single rescue pod which could evacuate the entire crew in case of a mishap or during war, however Typhoons had 2 pods ie 1 each for a parallel hull.ĭuring their patrols in the Arctic, they broke through ice as thick as 3m many times. The vacant space seen above is for Typhoon’s port side rescue pod. World’s largest SSBN also had the world’s largest SLBM, well here is a canisterized R-39 SLBM with a human for scale.Īrray of sensors mounted atop Typhoon’s sail This allowed Typhoons to fire their SLBMs and get new ones without returning to their base. She was reportedly fitted with a 3rd array atop her rudder the hole for which has been encircled in the pic above.Īt first, due to lack of info we thought that at sea SLBM replenishing tenders were not completed but it seems they managed to complete atleast one. It might have 2 different arrays for different frequencies like American subs have.Īnd the Guinness book of world records for most number of towed sonar arrays goes to TK-208, the lead ship of Typhoon class SSBNs. This removes the possibility of a sub trailing Typhoon without it knowing about the trail. We can see it has a conventional bow mounted sonar and 2 wide aperture arrays on starboard side, this increases its sensitivity to sound manifold.Įver wondered what are those encircled holes in the pic above for? well the answer is shocking, Typhoon has 2 towed sonar arrays which are deployed through those holes. The hatch like thing marked as number “2” encloses a towed communications array, there is a similar one on the port side too.Īll the areas seen in light color have been covered with fiberglass which provides protection for Typhoon’s sonar arrays. The one marked as “1” is a deflector which deflects ice before it gets into the propellers. In this picture, I have marked two features on the hull. Ol’khovikov” the Hero of Soviet Union (doesnt this resemble a fictitious captain?). The Soviets were so happy with this revolutionary design and its performance under its first commander, who was also involved in her design and construction phase, that they made its commander “Captain First Rank A. This is a pic of TK-208 seen during her first sea trials. This is the present day condition of that model. It is a common trend to build a prototype of something before mass production starts, this is a pic of 1/10th scale model of a Typhoon being tested at sea so that this design’s performance was known before it was put into production. We have also added some pretty rare images from sea trials, refits etc which has facilitated in discovering a not so well known capability of this submarine. In this article we are going to deal with various design aspects of Typhoon class SSBN using pictures. The Typhoon-class submarine was a formidable weapon, and it was one of the most important components of Russia’s nuclear deterrent. It was the largest submarine ever built, and it was armed with 20 ballistic missiles that can carry up to 200 nuclear warheads. Intro- The Typhoon-class submarine was a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that was designed by the Soviet Union.
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