052C/052D Class Destroyers

Tam · Mar 14, 2023

PeoplesPoster said:
Do the APAR plates seem larger and of a different shape to anyone else or is it just me.

yes I know they are just temp coverings, but they seem different from the previous builds.

Only covers. Even without the covers, the arrays would still be the same shape and size as the previous 052D.

The biggest change already has occurred in the past and that's without change of the shape and size. That's the change between the arrays that have the external calibration booms to the ones without. This points to a different inbuilt calibration method and might mean changes to the elements themselves. The clean APARs could have a different and upgraded T/R module from the previous. Further upgrades to the modules can be made but all these are nondetectable externally.

Flanker enjoyer · Mar 15, 2023

plawolf said:
The video looks doctored since the yellow circled object disappears without a trace. If it hit the water, with its mass and speed, you would see a very noticeable splash.

The most obvious conclusion is that someone took a successful intercept clip and cut it in a way to make it look like a failure.

this could be the same video

by78 · Mar 17, 2023

Self-explanatory.

Tam · Mar 17, 2023

by78 said:
Self-explanatory.

Looks like the 10th Destroyer Division. They have remarkably changed from an old man squadron of Ludas.

The Observer · Mar 17, 2023

by78 said:
Self-explanatory.

The best part is we can see the evolution of the 052D as from the 4 ships in this photo.

119 still has external calibration booms for the Type 346 APAR and "fishbone" rotating radar.

120 & 121 don't have the external calibration booms anymore, but still have the "fishbone" rotating radar.

Last ship (number covered) don't have the external calibration booms and replaced "fishbone" rotating radar with the "fly swatter" rotating radar.

by78 · Mar 17, 2023

The Observer said:
The best part is we can see the evolution of the 052D as from the 4 ships in this photo.

119 still has external calibration booms for the Type 346 APAR and "fishbone" rotating radar.

120 & 121 don't have the external calibration booms anymore, but still have the "fishbone" rotating radar.

Last ship (number covered) don't have the external calibration booms and replaced "fishbone" rotating radar with the "fly swatter" rotating radar.

There's also been an upgrade to the CIWS gun, from Type 730 (seven barrels) to Type 1130 (11 barrels).

The Observer · Mar 17, 2023

by78 said:
There's also been an upgrade to the CIWS gun, from Type 730 (seven barrels) to Type 1130 (11 barrels).

Oh right, I forgot about that as well. That makes for a beautiful evolution timeline from 119 to ???

Changes underlined below:

119: external calibration booms, Type 730, "Fishbone"
120: No external calibration booms, Type 730, "Fishbone"
121: No external calibration booms, Type 1130, "Fishbone"
???: No external calibration booms, Type 1130, "Fly Swatter"

ChongqingHotPot92 · Mar 17, 2023

by78 said:
Self-explanatory.

Last time I was there was in 2008, when there were only 051 Ludas and several Ming Class subs. Still a very well maintained military base looking from the outside, but the ships were outdated.