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Project 636.3 submarines cover amphibious landing on Crimean beach during snap inspection

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Naval Forces News - Russia
 
 
 
Project 636.3 submarines cover amphibious landing on Crimean beach during snap inspection
 
Two Project 636.3 (NATO reporting name: Improved Kilo-class) diesel-electric submarines of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet have covered an amphibious landing operation in Crimea as part of the ongoing snap inspection of the Russian Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry’s press office told journalists.
     
Two Project 636.3 (NATO reporting name: Improved Kilo-class) diesel-electric submarines of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet have covered an amphibious landing operation in Crimea as part of the ongoing snap inspection of the Russian Armed Forces, the Defense Ministry’s press office told journalists.
Russia's new Project 636 (Varshavyanka) diesel-electric submarine (SSK) "B-261 Novorossiysk" transiting in Belgium's EEZ. File Picture: Belgian Navy
     
During the maneuvers, large amphibious assault ships landed Marines and their combat vehicles on a beach in the Opuk Training Area in the Kerch Peninsula. "Two diesel-electric submarines of the Black Sea Fleet have been used as antisubmarine escort of the landing force," the press office added.

The Black Sea Fleet operates four Project 636.3 submarines - the Stary Oskol, Rostov-on-Don, Novorossiisk and Krasnodar. In all, the fleet is to have six ships of the class.

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