Turkish Gür-class submarines set for upgrade

Turkey’s STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş) has been chosen to guide a mid-life improve of the Turkish Navy’s 4 Gür-class (Kind-209/1400) submarines, a programme of improve already underway on earlier Preveze-class boats.

A three way partnership of STM-Aselsan-ASFAT-Havelsan has been contracted by Turkey’s Defence Trade Company to hold out work to enhance crucial navigation, mechanical and communication methods onboard the boats to increase the service-life of the submarines.

The programme, through which STM will undertake accountability for system procurement and platform integration, will probably be anticipated to be accomplished in six years.

The Gür-class submarines are a more moderen model of the Preveze-class boats that includes extra trendy methods regardless of their an identical look.

The older boats have already being upgraded to incorporate domestically made Introduction Müren fight administration methods, in addition to INS, conductivity, temperature and depth probes, a calming water system and static inverters – all upgrades which will probably be included within the newer boats.

Shephard Defence Perception famous that the submarines displace 1,477t surfaced and 1,611t submerged. They measure 62m in size, have a berth of 6.2m and a draft of 5.5m.

Powered by 4 MTU 12V 396 SB83 diesel engines producing 5,364hp, with 4 alternators and a Siemens motor giving 4,000hp, the submarines can produce a prime pace of 10kt surfaced and 21.5kt dived, with a variety of 8,200nm at 10kt surfaced and 400nm at 4kt dived. They’ve a diving depth of 280m and an endurance of fifty days.