Best photos of North Korean Navy I've ever seen (pic heavy)

[TLAM Strike]

A buddy of mine sent these too me, they were shot during a Chinese Navy port visit to Wonsan:

Different views of a Gunboat
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7888/img1108860.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/img1108860.jpg/)

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6396/img1108861.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/535/img1108861.jpg/)
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http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/493/img1108862.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/img1108862.jpg/)

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5121/img1108863.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/97/img1108863.jpg/)

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9893/img1108864.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/img1108864.jpg/)

Romeo class submarine
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1423/img1108865.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/img1108865.jpg/)


http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/5532/img1108866.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/710/img1108866.jpg/)

As a bonus here is a photo from one of my collections of a Patrol Boat on the Yalu, its one of the few photos I've seen that has quality matching these...
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7825/imgyf.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/imgyf.jpg/)

[troopie]

Nice Hats:D

[magicstix]

Where's the rubber ducky? :cry:

[Kaye T. Bai]

They look like PLA-N.

Nice pics though, I've always wondered what the KPN's uniforms looked like.

[Jimbuna]

Nice shots but what an awful colour for a sub.

[Pisces]

Nice shots but what an awful colour for a sub.They ran out of pink paint. ;)

http://www.videohippy.com/video/182199/Operation-Petticoat-1978--Season-2-OPENING

[magicstix]

They ran out of pink paint. ;)

http://www.videohippy.com/video/182199/Operation-Petticoat-1978--Season-2-OPENING

In all honesty we joke, but one of those midget submarines sank a South Korean corvette... :hmmm:

[Arlo]

In all honesty we joke, but one of those midget submarines sank a South Korean corvette... :hmmm:

No biggie. I'm a Ford man, myself.

[TLAM Strike]

In all honesty we joke, but one of those midget submarines sank a South Korean corvette... :hmmm:
The photo I posted was of a standard sized submarine of the Romeo class. What sank the Cheonan was this:
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4509/ms29.jpg

Iran operates them as the Ghadir class...

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8210/000cf1bdd03f1064c1492b.jpg

[Jimbuna]

They ran out of pink paint. ;)

http://www.videohippy.com/video/182199/Operation-Petticoat-1978--Season-2-OPENING


LOL...I asked for that :DL

[Herr-Berbunch]

Does colour matter underwater? :hmmm:

[TLAM Strike]

Does colour matter underwater? :hmmm:
At periscope depth a submarine painted black can appear to be a black smudge on the ocean to an aircraft while a submarine painted green or light blue will be less noticeable and could be mistaken for something natural.

[Herr-Berbunch]

At periscope depth a submarine painted black can appear to be a black smudge on the ocean to an aircraft while a submarine painted green or light blue will be less noticeable and could be mistaken for something natural.

Not in the crappy-brown North Sea :O:

[Jimbuna]

Usually black as I'm sure you know but I do recall having seen black and white conning towers on S and or T classes in the past (nuclear boats).

[TLAM Strike]

Usually black as I'm sure you know but I do recall having seen black and white conning towers on S and or T classes in the past (nuclear boats).
The Oberons had some Camo Paint in Desert Storm...

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7030/oberons.jpg

The Chinese navy painted one or more of their Kilo boats dark blue:

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3378/kiloswimmingxt6.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/kiloswimmingxt6.jpg/)

Drug smugglers paint their subs with camo too
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1412/wwwchroncom.jpgL]

[magicstix]

At PD subs tend to be vulnerable to air spotting regardless of their color...
http://cdn7.wn.com/pd/68/c9/762bb7528ac825cef4d98c70d0af_grande.jpg

[Jimbuna]

@TLAM

Weren't there some with a black and white disruptive pattern on the conning tower? :hmmm:

[magicstix]

The photo I posted was of a standard sized submarine of the Romeo class. What sank the Cheonan was this:
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4509/ms29.jpg

Iran operates them as the Ghadir class...

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8210/000cf1bdd03f1064c1492b.jpg

Actually what sank the Cheonan was a Yono class, not a Sang-O (which is what the Ghadir is based on).

[magicstix]

@TLAM

Weren't there some with a black and white disruptive pattern on the conning tower? :hmmm:

Most of those patterns are to get rid of bare metal, which would glint in the sun and be detectable from much farther off.

[TLAM Strike]

@TLAM

Weren't there some with a black and white disruptive pattern on the conning tower? :hmmm:

indeed.
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2746/0803302.jpg

Actually what sank the Cheonan was a Yono class, not a Sang-O (which is what the Ghadir is based on).

The photos I posted were of the Yono/Ghadir classes. The Sang-O is larger.
http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1296/subssidebyside.jpg]

[CptSimFreak]

Those pictures look just sad. All of that equipment looks like from ww2. Although maybe that's a good thing.

[Jimbuna]

Those pictures look just sad. All of that equipment looks like from ww2. Although maybe that's a good thing.

They can still pack a killer punch though.

[Kaye T. Bai]

No biggie. I'm a Ford man, myself.

Touché.

The Oberons had some Camo Paint in Desert Storm.

Nice camouflage scheme. Works well, if that picture is anything to go by.