SG Navy future Orbat of maintaining a 6 fleet submarine force, a
possible replacement for the Sjoormen Class coastal
submarine.
BTW HDW has bought over Kockums.
HDW has presented a new submarine at SUBCON 2007, Type
210mod.
Design is (obviously) based on the Type 210, which is better known
as the Norwegian Ula class.
Several subcomponents will be identical to or derived from Type
212A/214 hardware, others (as with Type 210) will come from the
proven Type 209 line.
Some characteristics that have been laid out so far:
Dimensions: 56 m length, 1,000 tons submerged (slightly smaller
than Type 210) Crew: 15 men crew in two-shift, 21 men in
three-shift operation; additional bunkspace reserved
Endurance: 30 days target
Automation: only in areas where crew numbers can be reduced by
it
Construction: Single-hull, HY80 steel; small sail (as in 212A) for
signature reduction
Propulsion: Dieselelectric; 2x improved MTU 12V 396 diesel;
Permasyn "silent" electric engine (from 212A)
Signature Reduction Features: X-Rudder configuration, Skew-Back
propeller
Armament: 8x 533mm torpedo tubes (14 torpedoes); missile launch or
mine capability installable on customer demand
Sail installations: optical periscope, telescoping communications
mast, telescoping radar mast, two-man diver chamber (for SF
insertion operations); additional space reserved
Sonar: see attached picture 5 (sensors)
HDW, with Type 210mod, says is trying to tackle "budget" markets in
particular in South America and South-East Asia to be able to
directly compete with the current Russian export offensive in those
areas, pricewise.
Additionally, HDW sees the Type 210mod as a good potential "entry
submarine", for navies without submarines yet. A secondary market
is to sell certain navies a new budget submarine instead of costly
modernization of existing subs. And the third market is as a
"low-end" supplement to navies with Type 214 or Type 209/1400 (or
similar) subs, as HDW will market it with interoperability and
straight compatibility (including crew training) to those
classes.
HDW plans this sub as a direct competitor to Amur and SMX-23.
Type 210mod apparently garnered a lot of interest at SUBCON 2007.
TKMS/HDW is currently in the final design phases and expects to
have the design ready for biddings in 2008.
The market analysis primarily points at China renewing their sub
fleet in the next few years, which subsequently causes about
everyone else in the area to upgrade too of course. HDW has
identified a medium-term need for up to 80 submarines in the
area.
Indonesia was pointed out (currently upgrading their two Type 209
at HDW), and, the way they're stressing the interoperability and
compatibility with Type 214, they're hinting at South Korea and
Pakistan at least. Indonesia would actually be a rather tough
market, since they've been swinging for Kilos lately.
Singapore might be a possible market
too, especially since HDW has swallowed Kockums who sold Singapore
those Sjoormen class subs in the 90s. Thailand might still
be in for subs too.
Taiwan would be rather difficult to get an export permission for at
the moment, actually.
In South America, they're primarily pointing out Columbia or Peru,
who wouldn't have money for the pricier HDW subs. But also of
course Ecuador, Chile, Argentina...