RAM Painted Turkish Submarine

[AKINCI]

RAM materials and paints developed by Hacettepe University for use on underwater vessels. Turkish Navy decided to use materials and paints on subs after successful trials which are include also underwater tests during 1 year on a 209 / 1400 class sub.

On 28 November 2011, one Turkish Type 209 / 1400 class submarine sailed through Bosphorus to Black Sea. Since Turkish Navy stooped painting the pennant number of the submarines on their hulls, it is impossible to identify each individual submarine anymore. While this new painting scheme helps the submarines to blend and prevents IR/FLIR/LLTV using trackers or electro-optic directors any high contrast target, it makes ship spotting difficult.

 

[Babur Han]

Now it is more difficult for our Neighbors on the other Side of Aegean to track and hunt our Submarines !