Project 661 Anchar

Project 661

NATO: Papa

Type SSGN
Soviet designation PLARK
NATO reporting name Papa
Country USSR
Displacement (t) 6,750
Length (m) 106.9
Beam (m) 11.5
Draft (m) 8.1
Height (m) 11.5
Max speed submerged (kn) 44.7
Max speed surfaced (kn) 16.0
Max safe depth (m) 320
Endurance (days) 60
Propeller 2 x 5 bladed propellers
Nuclear reactors 2
Titanium hull Yes
Navigation system Sigma-661 (Automatic Dead Reckoning)
Class year 1969

Sensors

Sonar (8)

Name Type Platform Passive range (km) Active range (km)
MG-25 com sub — —
MG-43 Gorizont ssp — —
MG-509 Radian Mine detection sub — 1.3
MGK-300 Rubin Active Hull sub — 4.3
MGK-300 Rubin Cylindrical Cylindrical sub 1.7 —
MGK-300 Rubin flank array Flank sub 2.1 —
MGK-300 Rubin OGS Active Intercept — —
NEL-6 Echo sounder sub — —

Radar (3)

Name NATO name Air search Surface search Fire control
MRP-21 Zaliv-P — — —
RLK-101 Albatros Snoop Tray 1 — Yes —
Zavesa-P — — —

Launchers (3)

Name Tubes Fire control Max launch depth (m)
533mm Torpedo Tube (forward) 4 Ladoga-P-661 250
Missile Launcher 10 Ametist FCS 40
VIPS 2 — 250

Extendable devices (7)

Name NATO name Capabilities Max depth (m) Max speed (kn)
Bow hydroplanes — Bow hydroplanes — 7.5
Iskra-1 Radio antenna — Radio (LF, MF, HF), Radio navigation — 7.5
MRP-21 Zaliv-P ESM — ESM — 7.5
PZNS-10 Search periscope — Periscope (observation) — 7.5
RKP — Snorkel — 7.5
RLK-101 Albatross Radar — Radar — 7.5
Veslo-P RDF — Direction finder — 7.5

Individual hulls (1)

Name Short name Country Start date End date Remark
K-162 K-162 USSR 1969-12-31 (Commissioned) 1989-03-14 (Decommissioned) K-18, from 27.01.1965 - K-162, from 15.01.1978 - K-222