Iran Diesel Sub Fateh (IRIN) 

Thank you Capitan. I'm fan of your videos from Iran. I am glad to hear you say the name "persian gulf". And I hope you Americans really understand that we are not your enemies. Our rulers define their existance and ideology by creating a semi-unreal hostility between our nations, but most of the ordinary people don't like or support that. I just want to say we hope to stablish a good and fair relation between our nations as soon as possible.

When I was in the Navy in the late seventies and stationed at Point Loma, there were three old diesel subs at that location that we gave to Iran. I believe this is when the Shah was still there.

Love these types of videos, more educational videos on sonar systems will be awesome.

Very informative and surprisingly unbiased video. I would deffinitely watch all of your submarine material. Thanks!

Even locally, in the confined waters of the Gulf, and all those natural choke-points, it's a real threat.

You should talk about Chinese subs

Rolling coal! Iran likes hitting the gas and leaving those Toyota Prius subs in a cloud of smoke.

Sir, your channel is awesome...Im going through your vids and they are all great. Keep it up man!

Very informative video! Thanks =)

You should do a video on the Chinese Ming class. I think taking a old design and modernizing it is interesting.

Don't be so sure about American torpedoes ;) Iran-Contra 2 Electric Boogaloo bringing torpedoes to a sub near you :D

I love that Jive Turkey has a healthy sense of respect for his adversaries. Speaks well of his ability as an analyst, and the US Navy in general.

I really enjoy your style of presentation discussing the capabilities and significance of foreign countries without constantly reiterating talking points of the US’s political machine. These are large achievements in a short amount of time with limited outside help and budget.

At 14:20 you mentioned the Caspian Sea as landlocked. Since 1952, the Volga-Don canal has allowed sea travel between the Caspian and Black Seas (and thus out to the oceans). The length and width are well within capabilities, but I believe the locks are very shallow (sailing rivers after all) at 12 feet. I think Iran also has grand plans to construct a over 400 mile canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, which is shortly behind a suspension bridge to the Moon in their capabilities right now.

Well done Iran👍🏽

I never knew Iran was building an indigenous sub, thanks Jive!

We have garbage subs in Australia too (Collins class) but crewed by some of the best sub mariners in the world. We successfully attacked and sunk US capital ships (in games) where we were really only there as a target sub that was never meant to win. A cunning and skilled skipper makes any submarine a very potent weapon.

In shallow water a small vessel is quite handy. If it can stay three or five days on the ground, it would be even more useful.

I see lots of comments down playing this sub. Even though it took longer for sea trials there it is. The next one will be better and take less time. The learning curve maybe steep on sub technology the fact is they are on the curve and learning. Then one day some ship disappears and everyone are scratching their heads and then you all will be saying ohhh Iran did that? We should not be dismissive and smug. We have no idea how fast they will learn. With 20 on the table I think it shows they are willing and well motivated to learn. This is more like ohhh really let’s watch what they do.

With the current state of tensions, this should be reposted to help remind everyone

He's a rear admiral - is that like a tail gunner but for the navy ?

Loved the video! It's always awesome to listen to someone who knows what they're talking about and loves talking about it present a topic, especially on something that doesn't receive a lot of mainstream attention (which is surprising considering current events)

I found it interesting that this submarine was being compared to an old German Type VII U-boat. Almost a modern remake of a classic.

Russian vessels of around 500 ton serve in the Kaspian Sea, Russians use their rivers and canals to move to them to Black Sea, the Baltic Sea or the White Sea. So if Iran is a Russian ally, it can even move its Kaspian submarine around to the Mediterranian Sea.

You could cover German subs ? Curious how they compare to thing like this

Could you possibly do some reviews of Chinese submarines?

The Norks (North Koreans) have a boomer now, a heavily modified Romeo Class....dunno whether the original boat was Soviet made, Chinese made or locally made; a video on it would be great.

Thank you Jive! Good presentation. Iran now has its own rubber ducky in the bathtub. Bet the current crop of sonar ops on the US side are having fun recording everything it does.

Leroy will be terrified...

Thanks for another informative video Jive. Been seriously enjoying these! o7

You should look into the drug smugglers subs.

Just found your channel and I've been binging everything lol good stuff man! Thank you for your service and God Bless America 🇺🇸

Well-balanced and unbiased lecture, I am an Iranian and I enjoyed this captain.

The Fateh Class, the best man made coral reef in the world.

Great video, But I do wonder how tiny a cruise-missile would have to be, to fit in a boat that small.

This boat really has an operational range from Eastern Algeria to western India to MAYBE the northern tip of Madagascar. A decent area to cause a few bumps and bruises. Ultimately, she will be a one shot wonder who laid a few mines along the way.

Fascinating report, Sir. As the proud father of a United States Navy Submariner, I find your reports fascinating - especially in light of how little my son tells me about his work. It’s no wonder that our remarkable under-sea Service and her highly trained (and capable) Submariners are referred to as “The Silent Service”. So, thank you again for your educational videos pertaining to our Country’s under-sea capabilities, and for your respect regarding our Nation’s hard-earned secrets. At home we say: Salome. Mögest du weiterhin im Frieden und SEIN der Schöpfung leben. Preis sei der Schöpfung, der Weisen, der Gerechten.

Don't kid yourself, DE Boats are one of the most effective weapons platforms available.

Really enjoying the review of technical stuff, very informative!

Excellent and professional lecture without the usual propaganda and American big talk as visible in some reactions. Thumbs up !!

I have enjoyed watching your content, appears to be very detailed. How about doing a report on the Kursk?

Ohh. they will make much larger submarines after they have made this good small submarine, probably some place between 1500-2000 ton diesel propulsion with also use of compressed hydrogen fuel cells, with a stealthy rubber which covers the whole submarine, and will also be 100% vibration-free. The Iranian is smart people, and always make to upgrade something pretty good to something fabulous

I suspect these will become artificial reefs as Iran's contribution to the global green new deal.

I believe that waging war or having armes peace "Si vis pacem para bellum" in the Roman style with weapons you don't produce by yourself is nonsense. This is why home made is always better even if it is not yet at the level of what can be bought on the market.

I suppose we can't talk about how trackable this boat is.

Kudos for an objective review.

In its current state, the Fateh seems no more a threat than Iran’s cardboard “stealth” fighter.

are you telling me that these subs can only carry 2 torpedoes plus 4 on the tubes ?

Thank you for using the Correct name for Persian Gulf

They could build a plasma ( from water, Pantone's technology) running engine and not a diesel one. With unlimited range like nuclear one. Same tech for tank engines too.

Very interesting. Thanks for the research

If you don't have to reload the torpedo tube, you can save a lot of space, weight and noise.

[The Ajhatollah wants to know your location]

My *impression* (as uninformed as it is) is that IRGC is kinda-sorta a "loose cannon", with different members operating with a certain degree of autonomy. I wonder what the institutional relationship is like between the IRGC and the IRIN?

A credit to Iran that this boat is made in-house.

You do know that Iran has 3 Russian Kilo Subs that have far greater range, firepower & depth capability and they are the backbone of Iran's submarine fleet in the Indian Ocean! Iran's Fateh class subs are specifically built to cover areas between Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea all the way up to the Gulf of Aden. 1st Iranian designed sub was the Nahang class, Iran's also built ~20 Ghadir class subs for the Persian Gulf that was developed from a North Korean sub ( Blue prints & specs purchased off North Korea) and Iran also has a +1200 tone Besat class under development(still years away).

Interesting and informative as always. Thanks a lot, Jive!

Would you ever consider doing a video on the collision off Hawai between the US SSBN and the the japanese student fishing boat? From a submariners perspective how that happens, why it happened and the ramifications on the crew? I know with you're style and knowledge you could do it justice! Rip to the 9 lives lost in that tragedy.

Great content. I'd love to see some Jive-nalysis of declassified Cold War SSN Shenanigans. For example the Courageous and Operation Barmaid or the Parche making off with everything that wasn't nailed down.

Congratulations Iran! You finally reached 1944!

You are upgrading very fast the quality here Jive, im impressed AGAIN ! Thanks for the Intel. :)

Please cover lesser known subs like Chinese, Australian, and Japanese subs as well as LNIB/fuel cell technology.

This 500 ton sub is quite a bit smaller than a Type VII sub. The average displacement of the Type VII was 850 tons which is 70% larger than the Iranian sub.

guess who can spot Disel sub miles away? ;)

I love all of these so far I was going to ask about Iran.

03:00 - So if I can paraphrase you, JT, "I'm not going to say one of these is the real navy... but this one is the real navy." :P Honestly, based on your description the situation reminds me of the Wehrmacht vis-à-vis the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany, though those were land services.

I understand that they are reading the “submarine building for dummies” and doing the DIY submarine thing, but all I can see is a submarine that is sub par in almost every respect to their Russian built 877 kilos. I mean I understand that they are trying to do it themselves and figure it out, I also understand that they are looking to cut costs and that they don’t have a real need for any more large submarines but they should have been able to do a better job. The teething issues they have like with the battery recharging, and with the poor sonar performance should be a non-issue by this point. They have diesel electric subs in their ports that were built by other countries. You’d think they should be able to look at them, and reverse engineer the set up in such a way that, combined with tech support from China, should be able to put a working boat together. But That’s just my $0.02

Good inseight, thank you 👍

Probably had more hull shots on her than a Miss May centerfold by now.

Interesting, four tubes but carries 6 torpedoes. Is that 4+6, or only two tubes that can be reloaded underway?

Sounds like they need to develop a submarine tender.

Interesting. Thanks for posting. Liked.

Nice ASW training aids...the better they are, the better the training!

1st they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you......and then you win.....I see they are in between 2nd and 3rd stage with that....respect.

Have you covered the latest in German diesel-electric subs?

That pic of the people welding is funny as hell to me... I dont know why it just makes me laugh....

I’m sure the fish will appreciate the new aqua culture when we sink it.

Building your own weapons systems is advantageous as each thing you do increase the expertise of the nations military which further increases their independent ability to project power.

The Iranian Kilo is the only Russian boat that I got to fly on and that was in the straights. Nice to know that they are still pumping out cargo ship killers.

Bravooo Iran. Keep ip with the good job.

There are ways of increasing the volume without increasing the depth to the keel but with one that is small it can go in shallower waters. It could also be under a mother ship, get positive buoyancy to link & attach from below. Then it could replenish everything.

Great stuff again! Had the joy to click the like number 688 ;-)

At 5:00 , don't those torpedo tubes preclude the installation of a front sonar? Also, what goes into the bottom area, shown as empty space? Is that where they would hold the fuel, and then replace it with water as the fuel is used so that they don't become top-heavy? It looks mighty thin there, so it isn't likely pressure hull.

O good this will make it much easier to frame Iran .

really a great video. thanks,

This channel is gold

The Fateh class is Iran's most advanced sub (by my knowledge) because all their other subs are from North Korea and russia(?)

This submarine can teach Yankees how to swim fast from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Mexico.

Thank you!

Is this as capable as their stealth fighter they introduced a few years ago with the painted on gauges of the plywood control panel and canopy that cant shut if there is a "pilot" in the cockpit?

I have nothing to back this up but I doubt their first attempt will be very quiet. My unasked for unqualified opinion is it probably sounds like an underwater marching band. Obviously I have no way of knowing but I would think so.

There will come another one, same but abit longer, and with higher tech

Type 206 sub might be better comparison than type viic. It might be huge leap forward for Iran, but nothing to be proud when compared with subs built by others. Sub looks like small coastal one fit only for increasing control/threat in Persian gulf.

Actually they are building undersea fuel storage tanks because they got so much oil.

Good video 👍

Sounds like a pretty nice little boat for them. Not a hugely advanced or massively capable one, but one that's good enough to demand some respect, and which, in the right hands and the right environment, could be very dangerous indeed.

Every ship can be a submarine once.

Thank you Capt

Jesus you sound almost exactly like the dude at the Wolfe Pit

Great little vid Jive! Would love to hear about the chinese subs!