Type 039A/B/C submarine vs Type 093 submarine

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ASubmarines

Type 039A/B/C submarine

Attack submarine

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Type 093 submarine

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Type 039A/B/C submarineLength

77.6 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 24 rows sourced on both sides

77.6m

110mType 093B

Length

All recorded figures & sources

77.6 m

Length

Single source

77.6 m (254 ft 7 in)^[source]

108.5 m

Type 093/A

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Configuration

Details

Type 039A/B/C submarine and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Type 039A/B/C submarine	Type 093 submarine
Range	—	Unlimited^[source]
Name	Type 039A Type 039B Type 039C^[source]	Type 093^[source]
Builders	Wuchang Shipbuilding , Wuhan^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao^[source]
Operators	Current operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy Future operators Royal Thai Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Type 039^[source]	Type 091^[source]

Succeeded by	Type 041^[source]	Type 095^[source]

Subclasses	Hangor class (Pakistan) Matchanu class (Thailand) (under construction)^[source]	—

In commission	2006–present^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Planned	≥25^[source]	—

Completed	≥22^[source]	9+^[source]

Active	At least 22 submarines: ≥1 Type 039C Per United States Department of Defense : 21 Type 039A and Type 039B combined Per International Institute for Strategic Studies : 4 Type 039A and 16 Type 039B^[source]	Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8^[source]

Type	Attack submarine^[source]	Nuclear-powered attack submarine^[source]

Propulsion	Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP^[source]	2 x 70-75 megawatt pressurized water nuclear reactors 1 x pump-jet (Type 093B)^[source]

Test depth	250 m (820 ft)^[source]	—

Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for: Yu-10 torpedoes Yu-6 torpedoes Anti-ship cruise missiles including YJ-82 , YJ-18 (Type 039A and Type 039B) and YJ-19 (Type 039B and Type 039C)^[source]	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes Yu-3 , Yu-4 , Yu-6 torpedoes YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-82 anti-ship cruise missile 24-cell vertical launching system (VLS) (Type 093B)^[source]