Thanks Anonymous for your ongoing research. I've found it technically difficult to publish long Tables on blogger/blogspot. For that reason and to make output more topical I've divided the Submarine Propulsion Tables into three:
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1. competitors to the West. They are North Korea, China, Russia and Iran.
: it is assumed North Korea is using old Russian propulsion designs
: China is happily buying MTU 396 and MTU 4000 submarine engines and building
MTU 4000 factories with European and UK (Rolls-Royce) help
: it is assumed North Korea is using old Russian propulsion designs
: China is happily buying MTU 396 and MTU 4000 submarine engines and building
MTU 4000 factories with European and UK (Rolls-Royce) help
: Russia seems to design and build its own diesels and motors, but, if its smart, it
should gain inspiration from any MTU/MAN designs and hardware available
: Iran, with its 3 older Russian built Kilo 877s would very likely rely on Russian
propulsion
should gain inspiration from any MTU/MAN designs and hardware available
: Iran, with its 3 older Russian built Kilo 877s would very likely rely on Russian
propulsion
2. Western and non-aligned countries, and
3. Australia (Collins and Future Submarine/Shortfin)
Submarine Propulsion Table 2ndAttempt: Competitors to the West
Country/ Company | Type/ Details | Diesel engine | Motor, AIP (if fitted) | Alternatives |
North Korea | Golf / | |||
China | Ming class, Type 033 | |||
China | Song class (Type 039) & Yuan class (Type 039A or 41) | 2 x MTU 20V4000M diesels are already being offered by China in its warships, eg. the P18 export version of China’s Type 056 corvette | 16V diesel built by Yuchai Group see sources A and B or 12 cylinder MAN12PA4V200SMDSpage 6likely, given China now has a MTU 4000 factory and see MTU Report | |
Russia | Kilo class | 1 x Elektrosila motor Russian | Likely to use 4 x MTU 16V396SE84 | |
Russia | also see Russ site on D49 | AIP being developed | ||
Iran | Kilo class |
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