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google translation: "CCTV7 channel on the evening of July 18 military reports, tells the story of the Chinese Navy East China Sea Fleet captain Changzhou frigates into the story of 6 years. In the report, the first appearance of the East China Sea Fleet's first 052D destroyer Xiamen ship figure. According to the Xiamen Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau official website news, Xiamen ship has been serving"CCTV7频道7月18日晚军事报道,讲述了中国海军东海舰队长常州号护卫舰入列6年的故事。在报道中,首次出现了东海舰队的首艘052D型驱逐舰厦门舰的身影。而据厦门民政局官方网站消息,厦门舰已经服役
Of course I know you're quoting. It doesn't change the fact that more people are recognizing that the 7,500 ton number is a fabrication of netizens who assumed greater displacement just because D comes after C.I'll state the obvious: it's not my words quoted (despite "Jura said" header), but words from the google translation I posted Today at 8:47 AM
(recently a hilarious situation happened when somebody quoted Xinhua this way in https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/military-situation-in-the-sino-indian-border.t8064/)
all I know is on my Facebook I've repeatedly put this link (below Type 052D pictures):Of course I know you're quoting. It doesn't change the fact that more people are recognizing that the 7,500 ton number is a fabrication of netizens who assumed greater displacement just because D comes after C.
Naval Technology is probably sourcing from Wikipedia and maybe even this forum ROFLMAOall I know is on my Facebook I've repeatedly put this link (below Type 052D pictures):
which says "The full load displacement of the vessel is 7,500t."
by the way about one month ago one of my Facebook Friends (involved in some pre-WW2 Czechoslovak bunker I visit pretty often, but otherwise I don't know him) asked me like hey, what are those ships on your Profile supposed to mean?
LOL!
Recent images from Hong Kong actually give credence to the 052D displacement > 052C displacement theory.Naval Technology is probably sourcing from Wikipedia and maybe even this forum ROFLMAO
This is a possibility, though we don't actually know the full displacement figure for the 052C either.Now we don't actually know if there is a correlation between where they end the red paint and the vessel's displacement, but it is fuel for debate.
Does anyone have any knowledge about what this access panel is for? Maybe to change out VDS/TAS for maintenance? Or something else? UUV launcher?
The 7000 ton is just the number given on the blog of Henri K. a known PLA observer. As far as I know he is doing this as a hobby rather than a job. The 7000 ton number comes from his blog. Maybe he knows something that we don't or maybe its just a typo on his part.This is the quote I found the most interesting out of all that.
Yet more people who think the 052D isn't "7,500 tons" full load.
I have no idea, but it's definitely going into my photo collection. Maybe it's a retractable gangplank?Dug up a photo of the inside, any idea what it is?
Original photo on https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/plan-type-052c-052d-class-destroyers.t6881/page-112