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Sonar Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 14 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Sonar, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

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Sonar Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Grachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat (Project 21980), Anti-sabotage patrol boat, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsGrachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat (Project 21980)Anti-sabotage patrol boatSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Zelenodolsk Shipyard / Vympel Shipyard / Vostochnaya Verf / RussiaThe Grachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat, Russian Project 21980, is a small Russian naval security craft designed by KB Vympel and built at several Russian shipyards to protect basing areas, ports, and critical maritime infrastructure. The class combines sonar and electro-optical surveillance with grenade launchers, a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, and Igla MANPADS, making it a compact diver-hunting and harbor-defense platform.
Type 039A / Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 039A / Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine classSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipyard / Wuhan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039A Yuan-class is a Chinese air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine class built for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Reputable reference and defense reporting describe it as the PLAN's first AIP-equipped conventional submarine family, with later variants and export derivatives built around the same Yuan design line.
Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine familySide: UnknownBuilt: Wuhan Shipyard / Wuchang Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class is a Chinese diesel-electric attack submarine family built for the People's Liberation Army Navy. GlobalSecurity describes it as China's first new-design conventional submarine, with the improved Type 039G deleting the stepped sail of the first boat and adding anechoic tiles to reduce acoustic signature.
Type 081 / 081A Wochi-class mine countermeasure vessel, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy mine countermeasure vessel family, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 081 / 081A Wochi-class mine countermeasure vesselChinese People's Liberation Army Navy mine countermeasure vessel familySide: UnknownBuilt: Qiuxin Shipyard / Jiangnan Shipyard / Wuchang Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 081 / 081A Wochi class is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy mine countermeasure vessel family that covers the original Type 081 batch and the enlarged Type 081A follow-on ships. Open sources describe the class as a PLAN minesweeper and minehunter family built by Qiuxin Shipyard in Shanghai and later expanded with the Type 081A variant, which carries a 30 mm gun and larger displacement than the earlier 37 mm-armed batch.
Type 039C Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sail, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 039C Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sailSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / ChinaThe Type 039C Yuan-class submarine is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy conventional attack submarine variant identified by Western analysts in 2021 and later reported as an operational PLAN boat. Naval News and Covert Shores describe it as a Yuan-family development with a sharply faceted sail, a likely towed-array sonar fit, and the same general weapons loading method used by earlier Yuan boats.
Hunt class mine countermeasure vessel, Mine countermeasures vessel class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsHunt class mine countermeasure vesselMine countermeasures vessel classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Vosper Thornycroft / Yarrow Shipbuilders / United KingdomThe Hunt class is a British mine countermeasures vessel class built primarily by Vosper Thornycroft, with some hulls built by Yarrow Shipbuilders, for Royal Navy mine-hunting and clearance work. Royal Navy sources describe the ships as using high-definition sonar, clearance divers, and the SeaFox mine disposal system, and the class also served with the Hellenic Navy and Lithuanian Naval Force.