Yuan Class AIP & Kilo Submarine Thread
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Let's welcome the newest member of the Yuan class...
(3300 x 2214)
Are we sure this is a new boat, rather than merely an older one having undergone a refit?
Specifically, the sail is not the newer "blended" type seen on recent new build 039As, but rather the older kind...
edit: yep, that particular sub definitely follows the older type design rather than the new one, a good comparison pic below:
We can see that the newer 039B (sometimes called 039C) on the left of that picture has a sail which is blended anteriorly, but also has a different shaped "cutout" on the aft of the sail compared to the older 039A. The 039B also doesn't have the two anterior "boxes" on the sides of the sail, whereas the older 039A does.
The pattern of drainage holes also differ a little, but the biggest differences are on the sail.
The Yuan in the pictures you post I think are definitely the older 039A type rather than 039B, so I suspect the submarine is probably an 039A that had been refit or under the process of going to be refit... unless the shipbuilders have decided to opt to build older 039As instead of 039Bs for some reason, but that is unlikely given multiple 039Bs have already been produced and if any design problem were present it should have been discovered a long time ago.
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Are we sure this is a new boat, rather than merely an older one having undergone a refit?
Specifically, the sail is not the newer "blended" type seen on recent new build 039As, but rather the older kind...
edit: yep, that particular sub definitely follows the older type design rather than the new one, a good comparison pic below:
We can see that the newer 039B (sometimes called 039C) on the left of that picture has a sail which is blended anteriorly, but also has a different shaped "cutout" on the aft of the sail compared to the older 039A. The 039B also doesn't have the two anterior "boxes" on the sides of the sail, whereas the older 039A does.
The pattern of drainage holes also differ a little, but the biggest differences are on the sail.
The Yuan in the pictures you post I think are definitely the older 039A type rather than 039B, so I suspect the submarine is probably an 039A that had been refit or under the process of going to be refit... unless the shipbuilders have decided to opt to build older 039As instead of 039Bs for some reason, but that is unlikely given multiple 039Bs have already been produced and if any design problem were present it should have been discovered a long time ago.
I had a brain-fart, apparently... I swear I saw the blended sail, and now I don't.
Anybody have an accurate count on Yuan's now?
I am thinking it is either 14 or 15 at this point but we need verification.
How many will they build?
with the newest variant, I would not be surprised to see the total class exceed 20 vessels. Another heck of a run for the PLAN.
I am thinking it is either 14 or 15 at this point but we need verification.
How many will they build?
with the newest variant, I would not be surprised to see the total class exceed 20 vessels. Another heck of a run for the PLAN.
DoD believes China will eventually build 20 Yuan's, in its latest annual China Military report.
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So tphuang, how many 039Bs launced so far , in your opinion?
Pic from Wuhan on the Yang Tse Kiang far in the interior where all Yuan are build.
Thinking on the pics it is a new for this year normaly the 15th # 344.
4 x 039B, how many 039B and 039C ?
039C variant get especialy a different redesigned sail as the Seawolf the first submarine to have this design with a fillet added to reduce the flow noises caused by the abrupt change in contour at the base of the sail.
Thinking on the pics it is a new for this year normaly the 15th # 344.
4 x 039B, how many 039B and 039C ?
039C variant get especialy a different redesigned sail as the Seawolf the first submarine to have this design with a fillet added to reduce the flow noises caused by the abrupt change in contour at the base of the sail.
