054B/new generation frigate

Tach7777 · Sep 22, 2023

A magazine graphic on the 054B.

lcloo · Sep 23, 2023

Tach7777 said:
A magazine graphic on the 054B.

Nice artist illustration, but wrong main deck gun, should be 100mm gun instead of 76mm gun.

by78 · Sep 23, 2023

The 054B being built at Huangpu appears to sport a different gun turret design; it seems to have additional facets on its sides compared to the one being built in Shanghai (last two images).

snake65 · Sep 23, 2023

That looks like the original H/PJ-87

no_name · Sep 23, 2023

So why have two different guns for likely very similar roles for the same platform?

snake65 · Sep 23, 2023

The gun probably is the same, two different mount covers. Of course, it's also possible that the "new" gun is just a dummy.

ChongqingHotPot92 · Sep 23, 2023

Anyway, what’s the point of switching back to the old French gun lol?

snake65 · Sep 23, 2023

ChongqingHotPot92 said:
Anyway, what’s the point of switching back to the old French gun lol?

That should be easy - 130mm is too much, 76mm is not enough. The gun itself may be old but the mount most probably is not as there were reliability issues to be ironed out.

ChongqingHotPot92 · Sep 23, 2023

snake65 said:
That should be easy - 130mm is too much, 76mm is not enough. The gun itself may be old but the mount most probably is not as there were reliability issues to be ironed out.

But the French 100mm had much lower rate of fire than the Soviet AK-76, whiles range is only marginally superior.

snake65 · Sep 23, 2023

ChongqingHotPot92 said:
But the French 100mm had much lower rate of fire than the Soviet AK-76, whiles range is only marginally superior.

Bigger and heavier shell as well

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