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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.

14 weapon systems

Grachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat (Project 21980), Anti-sabotage patrol boat, Naval Systems

Naval 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.

D'Estienne d'Orves-class / A69 type aviso, Aviso / light corvette class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsD'Estienne d'Orves-class / A69 type avisoAviso / light corvette classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Arsenal de Lorient / FranceThe D'Estienne d'Orves-class, also known as the A69 type aviso, is a French-built light corvette class ordered for coastal anti-submarine defence and later used for escort and overseas presence missions. The class used diesel propulsion, reached 23.5 knots, and originally carried Exocet missiles, a 100 mm gun, torpedoes, and a 375 mm rocket launcher.

Type 039A / Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine class, Naval Systems

Naval 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 Systems

Naval 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 Systems

Naval 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 Systems

Naval 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.

Thales MCM USV, Mine countermeasures uncrewed surface vessel, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsThales MCM USVMine countermeasures uncrewed surface vesselSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Thales / FranceThales MCM USV is the mine-countermeasure uncrewed surface vessel element of the Franco-British SLAM-F/MMCM program. Public reporting describes the crewless craft as carrying TSAM towed sonar and SAMDIS multi-view sonar to detect and classify naval mines, with French Navy deliveries beginning in December 2024 and further production deliveries following in 2025.

Hunt class mine countermeasure vessel, Mine countermeasures vessel class, Naval Systems

Naval 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.

Ensdorf class mine-countermeasure vessel, Mine-countermeasure vessel class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsEnsdorf class mine-countermeasure vesselMine-countermeasure vessel classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lürssen / GermanyThe Ensdorf class is a German mine-countermeasure vessel class rebuilt by Lürssen from five Hameln-class hulls into Type 352 drone-control boats for the Troika Plus system. The class combines mine-sweeping remote boats, mine-detection sensors, and a later peacetime role as training and presentation vessels in the 3 Minesweeper Squadron.

Éridan class minehunter, Minehunter class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsÉridan class minehunterMinehunter classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Arsenal de Lorient / FranceThe Éridan class is the French Navy's national subclass of the Tripartite minehunter family, built at Arsenal de Lorient and fitted for precise mine countermeasures with hull sonar and PAP 104 vehicles. French Navy material describes the class as a specialist platform for detecting, identifying, and neutralizing submerged mines, with use as a precursor for amphibious and naval-air operations.

Frankenthal class minehunter, Minehunter class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsFrankenthal class minehunterMinehunter classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lürssen / Abeking & Rasmussen / Krögerwerft / GermanyThe Frankenthal class is a German Navy minehunter class built by Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen, and Krögerwerft for precise mine countermeasures in shallow waters. Bundeswehr data describe a non-magnetic steel hull, Seefuchs underwater drones, mine-laying rails, and a 27 mm MLG fit on the 54.4-meter MJ332 boats.

Project 12660 Gorya-class seagoing minesweeper, Seagoing minesweeper class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 12660 Gorya-class seagoing minesweeperSeagoing minesweeper classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard / Soviet UnionProject 12660 Gorya-class is a Soviet seagoing minesweeper class built at Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for deep-ocean captor-mine sweeping. The class pairs mine-search sonar and sweep gear with a 76 mm gun, AK-630M CIWS, Strela-3 launchers, and only two completed hulls.

Sandown class, Single-role minehunter, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsSandown classSingle-role minehunterSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Vosper Thornycroft / United KingdomThe Sandown class is a British single-role minehunter class built by Vosper Thornycroft for the Royal Navy. Its non-magnetic hull, high-resolution sonar, remote mine-disposal vehicles, and diesel-electric propulsion were designed for precise mine countermeasures in shallow and littoral waters.

Antarès class, Sonar towing vessel class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsAntarès classSonar towing vessel classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: SOCARENAM / FranceThe Antarès class is a three-ship French Navy sonar-towing vessel class built by SOCARENAM in Boulogne-sur-Mer for seabed surveillance and mine-warfare support. The 28-meter vessels tow DUBM41B sonars, support training and public-service missions around Brest, and are being withdrawn as SLAM-F autonomous mine-warfare vessels replace the class.