As part of the course task L-2, the crews of two diesel-electric submarines (DES) of Project 636.3 of the Baltic Fleet played a duel situation off the coast of the Kaliningrad region, during which they trained to attack and counterattack a submarine of a mock enemy with the bilateral use of weapons and sonar, says press center of RF Defence Ministry.
The Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky submarine carried out a search for a mock enemy submarine, the role of which was assigned to the Volkhov submarine.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky secretly entered the area of the exercise, took a favorable position for shooting and conditionally attacked the submarine with a torpedo. Then, escaping the counterattack, the submarine conducted a post-salvo maneuver. The DES Volkhov, maneuvering, also evaded the torpedo and executed a conditional counterattack of the submarine.
According to the preliminary assessment of the command, both crews successfully coped with the tasks set, demonstrating high professional training.