European Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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shen
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haha, i read it.
but of course that article is talking about using a C-band search radar on a "light" corvette type patrol ship. quite different demand than what would be expected on an air-defense oriented ship such as the Akizuki.
Jura The idiot
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thanks for letting me know LOL
Again some stuff to report here.
Italy has signed the contracts for the two remaining FREMMs, they are #9 & 10, as planned.
Their service is still 5 years away. After ASW and GP variants, those last to GP variant iterations will have a dedicated AAW & ATBM capability. They will have an A70 VLS and an evolved EMPAR radar.
In other news, Lithuania may get 12 used german PzH 2000s.
Italy has signed the contracts for the two remaining FREMMs, they are #9 & 10, as planned.
Their service is still 5 years away. After ASW and GP variants, those last to GP variant iterations will have a dedicated AAW & ATBM capability. They will have an A70 VLS and an evolved EMPAR radar.
In other news, Lithuania may get 12 used german PzH 2000s.
More GREAT news.
Been waiting for this.
Glad to see Italy stepping up and getting all ten vessels.
With two carriers, having the two Horizon DDGs and these two FREMM AAW FFGs wil ensure that they always have adequate AAW escorts.
We've talked about these before.
They displace 7,200 tons and are really destroyers IMHO.
8 x Long Range ASMs
1 x 127mm DP main Gun (Vulcan)
2 x 27mm remote controlled autocannons
5 x 12.7mm remote control machine guns
2 x 12.7mm manually controlled machine guns
2 x RAM Block II CIWS (21 missiles each)
2 x Hangers/pad for NH-90 Helos
Lots of capability and lots of room for future growth.
They seem light on the AAW defense side...but with the three AAW Sachsens, they should be okay.
Having four replace eight seems a little of a stretch to me.
These are larger and more room for growth, but the vessels they are replacing were well armed themselves.
Anyhow, these will be very nice and capable vessels.
Here's some more pics of F222, , Baden-Württemberg:
See my Flickr photo album:
They displace 7,200 tons and are really destroyers IMHO.
8 x Long Range ASMs
1 x 127mm DP main Gun (Vulcan)
2 x 27mm remote controlled autocannons
5 x 12.7mm remote control machine guns
2 x 12.7mm manually controlled machine guns
2 x RAM Block II CIWS (21 missiles each)
2 x Hangers/pad for NH-90 Helos
Lots of capability and lots of room for future growth.
They seem light on the AAW defense side...but with the three AAW Sachsens, they should be okay.
Having four replace eight seems a little of a stretch to me.
These are larger and more room for growth, but the vessels they are replacing were well armed themselves.
Anyhow, these will be very nice and capable vessels.
Here's some more pics of F222, , Baden-Württemberg:
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Jura The idiot
General
yes, and I've "engaged" them
that's what I usually do to under-armed warships LOL... but to me the most interesting part in the is:
makes me wonder where the Deutsche Marine would like to hang around for a whole year
EDIT
Jeff, what
do you envision for them please? I mean I didn't see anything FFBNW ... but I checked just wiki and (which is vague:
but I of course might miss something)
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Jura The idiot
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I admit the four slots for speed-boats, presumably full of Special Forces, are scary
That says it.
Of course at this point they are vague.
But they want to be able to make these expensive warships last for decades and making them modular and capable of accepting new systems in the future will do so...just like the US does.
I expect they could fit new guns, new missiles (including VLS), new sensors, etc. You have to design your vessel with the idea that you are going to do that in order to make those kind of things happen.
Things as simple as making sure that the raceways that carry the cabling are wider than you need now...or that you have space to add additional ones...are the types of things you would need to ensure you have done.
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