Editing Victor-class submarine (section)

==Versions==

===Project 671 ''Yorsh'' (Victor I)===
{{floatbox|[[File:Victor I class SSN.svg|thumb|Project 671]]}}
Soviet designation Project 671 ''Yorsh'' ([[ruffe]])—was the initial type that entered service in 1967; 16 were produced.<ref name="PolmarNoot">{{cite book |first1=Norman |last1=Polmar |first2=Jurrien |last2=Noot |date=1991 |title=Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies 1718-1990 |location=Annapolis, MD |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |isbn=978-0-87021-570-4}}</ref> Each had six [[torpedo tube]]s for launching [[Type 53 torpedo]]es and [[SS-N-15]] anti-submarine missiles and [[Naval mine|mines]] could also be released. Subs had a capacity of 24 tube-launched weapons or 48 mines (or a combination). They were {{convert|92.5|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} long. All disposed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671/list.htm |title=Проект 671 "Ёрш" (NATO – "Victor I") |trans-title=Project 671 "Ërsh" |website=Deepstorm.ru |language=ru |access-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929004639/http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671/list.htm |archive-date=29 September 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Project 671RT ''Syomga'' (Victor II)===
{{floatbox|[[Image:Victor II class SSN.svg|thumb|Project 671RT]]}}
Soviet designation Project 671RT ''Syomga'' ([[atlantic salmon]])—entered service in 1972; seven were produced in the 1970s.<ref name="PolmarNoot"/> These were originally designated Uniform class by NATO. They had similar armament to the Victor I class and were the first Soviet submarines to introduce raft mounting for [[acoustic quieting]].<ref name="Polmar">{{cite book |last1=Polmar |first1=Norman |title=Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines, 1945-2001 |date=2003 |publisher=Potomac Books, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-1-57488-594-1 |page=159}}</ref> Production was truncated due to a decision to develop the improved Victor III class.<ref name="Polmar"/> They were {{convert|101.8|m|abbr=on|0}} long. All disposed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RT/list.htm |title=Проект 671РТ "Сёмга" (NATO – "Victor II") |trans-title=Project 671RT "Somga" |website=Deepstorm.ru |language=ru |access-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205723/http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RT/list.htm |archive-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Project 671RTM/RTMK ''Shchuka'' (Victor III)===
{{floatbox|[[File:Victor III class SSN.svg|thumb|Project 671RTM]]}}
Soviet designation Project 671RTM/RTMK ''Shchuka'' ([[Northern pike|pike]])—entered service in 1979; 25 were produced until 1991.<ref name="PolmarNoot"/> Quieter than previous Soviet submarines, these ships had four tubes for launching [[SS-N-21]] or SS-N-15 missiles and Type 53 torpedoes, plus another two tubes for launching [[SS-N-16]] missiles and [[Type 65 torpedo]]es. 24 tube-launched weapons or 36 mines could be on board. The Victor III class caused a minor furor in NATO intelligence agencies at its introduction because of the distinctive pod on the vertical stern-plane. Speculation immediately mounted that the pod was the housing for some sort of exotic silent propulsion system, possibly a [[magnetohydrodynamic drive]] unit. Another theory proposed that it was some sort of weapon system.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} In the end, the pod was identified as a hydrodynamic housing for a reelable [[Towed array sonar|towed]] passive [[sonar]] array;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/victor_iii_class.htm |title=Victor III class |last=Genys |first=Andrius |website=Military-today.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017043044/http://www.military-today.com/navy/victor_iii_class.htm |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> the system was subsequently incorporated into the {{sclass2|Sierra|submarine|5}} and {{sclass|Akula|submarine|0}} [[SSN (hull classification symbol)|SSNs]]. In October 1983 the towed array of {{ship|Soviet submarine|K-324||2}}, a Victor III operating west of Bermuda, became tangled with the towed array of US [[frigate]] {{USS|McCloy|FF-1038|6}}. ''K-324'' was forced to surface, allowing NATO forces to photograph the pod in its deployed state. The Victor-III class was continuously improved during construction and late production models have a superior acoustic performance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/deep.htm |title=Run Silent, Run Deep |website=FAS.org |access-date=2015-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060205165346/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/deep.htm |archive-date=2006-02-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> They were {{convert|106|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} long. 21 disposed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RTM/list.htm |title=Проект 671РТМ и 671РТМК "Щука" (NATO – "Victor-III") |trans-title=Project 671RTM and 671RTMK "Shchuka" |website=Deepstorm.ru |language=ru |access-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219205201/http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nts/671RTM/list.htm |archive-date=19 December 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>