Taiwan military insider pointed out that the " submarine self-made" has entered a stable period. The first prototype ship is scheduled to be launched in September next year, with a drainage tonnage of more than 2,000 tons, which is about 8 to 10 years ahead of the Taiwan Navy's active Stegosaurus-class submarine. People familiar with the matter said that after the submarine is launched, port tests (model HAT) and sea tests (SAT) must be carried out for at least 1 to 1 and a half years of testing.
According to people familiar with the matter, the submarine ship is built with a hybrid design, and all 6 ship sections have been completed. The 6th section is the most difficult, and 6 torpedo tubes must be excavated. In order to prevent failure, two more were made in the 6th section. The torpedo tubes have been completed in June. Starting from the second half of this year, all ship equipment, including combat systems and hosts, are installed in sequence. Before installing, they must be weighed first. Even the weight of the screw cap must be recorded and all entered into the database.
insiders said that there are more than 700 submarine blueprints, and more than 50 left are completed by the map. There were multiple versions when the original design was first designed, and they were finally built using version 3.05. The prototype ship is about 70 meters long, about 8 meters wide and about 18 meters high. It adopts an X-shaped tail rudder design, and the balance wings are arranged on both sides of the sail cover section, with a tonnage of less than 2,600 tons.
The military insider said that the self-built submarine did not install towed sonar because it would affect the concealment. The US submarine used towed sonar because the US military was patrolling and fighting across the ocean, but the main combat deployment of the self-built submarine was ambushing in a key sea area, waiting for the target to come to the door. Therefore, when the configuration was initially configured, some manufacturers were willing to sell towed sonar, but after evaluation, they decided not to.
The first prototype ship did not install silence tiles. The silence tiles will increase the weight of the submarine. Although there is a reserved allowable weight, the silent ship of the prototype ship is lower than that of the Stegosaurus-class submarine, so it will not be installed for now.
people familiar with the matter pointed out that the prototype ship warfare system is supplied by the US Shang Loma, while the sonar is the US Shang Thor. There are 18 torpedo models, the model is MK-48-6 heavy torpedo, one 1 is about US$10 million, and there are 4 torpedo that can be recycled and used. (Source: Zhongshi News Network)
