FlotProm reports this. During sea trials, Admiralty Shipyards sailors and specialists test the submarine’s speed and maneuverability, hydroacoustic equipment, navigation and communications, lifting and mast devices, control systems, and torpedo and missile weapons .
RG wrote that the Utes heavy machine gun was installed on the submarine Velikiye Luki. It can be assumed that the 12.7 mm machine gun is mounted to protect the ship from drones.
Velikiye Luki is a diesel-electric submarine of Project 677. The third of the project. It was installed in November 2006 and launched in December 2022.
The fourth generation multipurpose diesel-electric submarines of Project 677 “Lada” are characterized by a low noise level. Designed to combat submarine and surface ships, defend naval bases, coastal and maritime communications and reconnaissance. They are equipped with Caliber cruise missiles.
