AS-40 Bester-1 Project 18270 The deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is an air/rail/roadtransportable manned self-propelled deep-water submersible deployed on mother ships (surface vessels or submarines) and intended for rescuing crews of disabled submarines luing on the seabed, as well as for performing the following tasks:
Final detection of an emergency submarine (or otherunderwater objects) by DSRV’s sonar equipment (generally with the vehicle guided from the mother ship) and establishing eye contact with it;
Visual inspection of an emergency submarine (or other underwater objects);
Clearing the coaming platform of the emergency submarine for landing of the DSRV on it;
Docking with the coaming platform of the emergency submarine;
Delivery and transfer of life support means to the emergency submarine;