AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer
Here's another version.
Here's another version.
It seems to me that below the VLS modules is not the engine room / one of the engine rooms (?) but just the propellor shafts.The 052D schematic can't be right. The rear VLS modules can't penetrate 4 full decks because the 4th deck is the engine room.
That drawing was made in order to accommodate a 4-deck high VLS which is unnecessary. The position of the GT and diesel engines would also be a little higher than the very bottom of the ship because the very bottom has spaces for bunker fuel. This would also mean that the props should be entering the ship at a higher angle than what is depicted, and would be blocked by the bottom of the rear VLS modules. Those modules should actually be terminating at the waterline (red line) or just below it, not an entire deck below it.It seems to me that below the VLS modules is not the engine room / one of the engine rooms (?) but just the propellor shafts.
The 052D schematic can't be right. The rear VLS modules can't penetrate 4 full decks because the 4th deck is the engine room.
Really hope top see more pictures of the Type 052D soon...particularly more showing the entiore vessel and closer up photos of the after portions of the ship.
Nice, thanks for that pic.