The hull of the Victor II class was divided into eight compartments: 1 Torpedo room and accumulators 2 Accommodations and mess 3 Control room 4 Reactor 5 Turbines 6 Turbo generators 7 Living accommodation and diesel generators 8 Steering system and electric motor. The new generation of 65 cm heavy torpedoes were longer than earlier models, and required power assistance to handle them in the torpedo room. The Victor II class was enlarged to provide additional weapons capabilities and improved fire-control system. A pair of Project 671 submarines were subsequently equipped with the new "Kolos" non-acoustic detection system, and redesignated as Project 671K. The Project 671 boats were retrofitted to handle the TEST-68 wire-guided torpedo weapons under the designation Project 671B (sometimes written Project 671V). The hull of the Victor I class was divided into seven compartments: 1 accommodations 2 control room 3 reactor compartment 4 turbines 5 auxiliary machinery 6 accommodations 7 electric-motor and steering. Two external torpedo tubes hold a single nuclear-tipped E53-65K torpedo. Two small, two-blade propellers are fitted on the stern planes for slow-speed operation. The Victor I featured an advanced tear-drop hull design for high underwater speeds. The two reactors are mounted in a side-by-side configuration. The reactor plant of all Victor-class submarines is similar to that used with the Yankee and Delta-class Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarines (SSBNs). A contemporary of the American Sturgeon class, they were significantly faster but also had much higher noise levels - indeed, in the first two variants designers made no significant effort to reduce noise emissions. The Victor class submarines were designed to engage enemy ballistic missile submarines, antisubmarine taskforces, and to protect friendly vessels and convoys from enemy attacks.
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