Chinese Submarines? Yea we got that covered...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by phil21

Interesting picture. Looks like they made some serious modifications - more or less. As far as i can tell they changed the sail, modified part of the hull. What for? The chinese maybe have a strange way of doing their stuff, but i dont think they are doing it for fun...

Originally Posted by Osmium Steele

TLAM, I think Platapus may be on to something. The limber holes line up perfectly for the Song class and the top of that sail looks like a refit.

Nice eye Platapus.

There are three variants of the Song class. The Type 039 was the first (Hull 320 that Platapus mentioned was the sole sub of this class) this has the stepped sail we all know from Sub Command:


The Type 039G and 039G1 are the other two variants, they do not have the stepped sail (plus have more up to date gear, anechoic tiles etc):


The 039G can be considered the "Production" model and the 039G1 the "Flight 2"

The sub in the 1st picture is most likely of the 039G or 039G1 class because I don't believe the 039 got the 039G sail as a refit. (if someone knows otherwise let me know)