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sahureka

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some details of naval weapons in the bow
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and another image of North Korean naval artillery
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FORBIN

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Ouch

North Korean Stealth Warship has vintage weapons

I do not like sensationalist headlines but this is a turnup for the books. And it might be telling of the precarious state of North Korean naval modernization. New photos of one of the most modern North Korean warships shows that its main gun is a vintage 85mm gun, not the comparatively advanced automatic 76mm weapon seen on other recent warships. The 76mm gun is a copy of the Italian made OTO-Melara 76mm gun and may have been sourced from either Iran or Burma.

I had expected that the 76mm gun might be locally produced, but its absence on the supposedly modern corvette (light frigate) suggests that either it was imported, or at least that vital components are no longer available.

The crewed 85mm mount is in no way comparable in terms of accuracy or rapid fire, and is all but useless against modern air threats.

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TerraN_EmpirE

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Standard for North Korea. Despite the Claims of being an Industrial nation most of their equipment has atleast a 40-50 years time lag. even there most state of the art has a time lag.
 

sahureka

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not everything is outdated
the CIWS gatling type 6x30mm NK made

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and the new anti-ship missile
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plawolf

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This ship seems to be going for some kind of WTF record or sth.

Why have a helipad and then stick a CIWS on it to make it extremely awkward if not impossible for a helicopter to land on it in anything other than perfect sea state?

Why have two CIWS effectively double up on themselves on the rear AND place your only SAM to cover the aft yet have a WWII era crewed AAA mount at the front? Would the SAM or one of the CIWS not have been better deployed up front? Or are they betting the farm on ‘stealth’ to sneak close enough to shoot all the AShMs and then plan to just leg it home, hence the overloaded rear quarter defences?
 

sahureka

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this is the naval unit with flying bridge, which looks like a laboratory ship, completely disarmed, with only those that look like RBU-1200.
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Instead, the unit that appears in the previous photos is another class of corvette.
As you can see, there are 2 "Drum Tilt" radars originally used by Russians for 30mm systems.
The 76/62 Compact, Installed or Installed Clone was partly supplanted by other satellite imagery and an old photo depicting the Myanmar 772 corvette featuring 76/62 Compact and above the bridge a radar "Drum Tilt "probably adapted to operate the Compact (currently this radar no longer present on the ship)
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Already I have listed earlier why this return to the past with the old 100mm system, but the NK may still have no clear idea of what to install as the main weapon in the bow; for example, from satellite photos on the third corvette under construction at Nampo, it seems that the ship has installed a 30mm CIWS and certainly the "Drum Tilt" radar is already suitable for this system
 

FORBIN

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Standard for North Korea. Despite the Claims of being an Industrial nation most of their equipment has atleast a 40-50 years time lag. even there most state of the art has a time lag.
I can provide a list but long :rolleyes: even Mig-29s are in fact few capable old variant

not everything is outdated
Not all only 90 % :D
 
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