TYPE 033 SUBMARINE and HARBIN SH-5 SEAPLANE - Chinese Peoples Liberation Army - 1975

Description

Under the 1950 Sino-Soviet Friendship and Mutual Assistance Treaty, the Soviets passed to China (and later to North Korea) the documentation necessary to produce ROMEO submarines in 1963. The Chinese variant is known as the Type 033 ROMEO. A total of 84 Type 033 submarines were built in China from 1962 to 1984, plus several exported to other countries. (Scale : 1/350e)