052/052B Class Destroyers

ACuriousPLAFan · Sep 5, 2024

#169 Wuhan of the 052B DDG spotted at sea. Posted by @liang拉风 on Weibo.

And her sister ship #168 Guangzhou at a naval base. Posted by the same guy on Weibo.

johncliu88 · Jun 26, 2025

112 Harbin first arrived at US San Diego port on March 21, 1997

2=GT · Dec 2, 2025

052B

Amistrophy · Dec 2, 2025

2=GT said:
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wierd ass looking 054AG(!?) cosplay there 广州姐姐

Gloire_bb · Dec 3, 2025

Amistrophy said:
wierd ass looking 054AG(!?) cosplay there 广州姐姐

This is standard pattern for those. They're turning into strike superfrigates of sorts, and act as
near seas surface group flotilla leaders.
Note, that unlike 054, here YJ-12 is the norm.

blindsight · Dec 3, 2025

Gloire_bb said:
This is standard pattern for those. They're turning into strike superfrigates of sorts, and act as somewhat of a near seas surface group flotilla leaders.
Note, that unlike 054 here YJ-12 is the norm.

What a shame they leave the deck behind the VLS empty... A 24-cell HQ-10 launcher could easily fit in there!

no_name · Dec 3, 2025

blindsight said:
What a shame they leave the deck behind the VLS empty... A 24-cell HQ-10 launcher could easily fit in there!

Maybe they simply used almost same existing fire control/sensor layout as the 054A. Even the side-by-side layout of the type730 CIWS mounts.

Albatross · Dec 3, 2025

I wonder why the FCR of HQ-16 on Type 052B has a very flat dome compared to Type 054A

Albatross · Dec 3, 2025

And the "boxes" on the bridge similar to Type 054AG AESA fcr but a bit different. Might be EW or datalink?

Gloire_bb · Dec 3, 2025

blindsight said:
What a shame they leave the deck behind the VLS empty... A 24-cell HQ-10 launcher could easily fit in there!

It's part of superstructure, it has very light roof.

Also, placing CIWS behind VLS/close to superstructure is rather suboptimal.
You only get narrow angles to both sides where they can be in use simultaneously.

052/052B Class Destroyers

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