Russian submarine Gepard

Gepard
History
Russia
NameK-335
BuilderSevmash, Severodvinsk
Yard number835
Laid down23 September 1991
Launched17 September 1999
Commissioned5 December 2001
Renamed
  • Gepard
  • (Гепард)
NamesakeGepard
IdentificationPennant number: 895
FateActive
General characteristics
Class & typeAkula III-class submarine
Displacement
  • 8,320–8,340 long tons (8,450–8,470 t) surfaced
  • 13,260–13,580 long tons (13,470–13,800 t) submerged
Length113.3 m (371 ft 9 in) maximum
Beam13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced
  • 28–35 knots (52–65 km/h; 32–40 mph) submerged
Endurance100 days
Test depth520 m (1,710 ft)
Complement62 (31 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • MGK-500 or 540 active/passive suite
  • Flank arrays
  • Pelamida towed array sonar
  • MG-70 mine detection sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Bukhta ESM/ECM
  • MG-74 Korund noise simulation decoys (fired from external tubes)
  • MT-70 Sonar intercept receiver
  • Nikhrom-M IFF
Armament
  • 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (28 torpedoes) and 4 × 650 mm torpedo tubes (12 torpedoes).
  • 1–3 × Igla-M surface-to-air missile launcher fired from sail (surface use only)
  • Granat cruise missiles, now Kalibr
Notes
  • Chiblis Surface Search radar
  • Medvyeditsa-945 Navigation system
  • Molniya-M Satellite communications
  • MGK-80 Underwater communications
  • Tsunami, Kiparis, Anis, Sintez and Kora Communications antennas
  • Paravan Towed VLF Antenna
  • Vspletsk Combat direction system

The K-335 Gepard is an Akula-class submarine in the Russian Navy.