"DD-115 Akizuki Class" Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Jan 2019 9:00 p.m. PST |
Cool!
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Amicalement Armand
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Lion in the Stars | 11 Jan 2019 11:44 p.m. PST |
Pretty small missile load, only 32 birds in a single VLS (not counting the 8x Harpoon-equivalent missiles 'midships). That's about what the US had on our old FFG-7 class! But does have a good radar set, so might be enough to play ball. |
Tango01 | 12 Jan 2019 11:20 a.m. PST |
What about the model?… (smile) Amicalement Armand
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dirtysnowball | 12 Jan 2019 6:28 p.m. PST |
It's 32 VLS cells, but you can fit up to four Evolved Sea Sparrows in each so it's up to 128 medium range SAMs, depending on how many ASROC are carried. |
Lion in the Stars | 12 Jan 2019 9:44 p.m. PST |
Model looks pretty good. I mean, it's GHQ, so should be really nice. I have a bunch of their WW2 IJN stuff. Not sure about the real ship design. @Dirtysnowball: ESSMs are short-range SAMs, they're really for self-defense only. Standards are the medium-range missile. My guess for a typical loadout would be ~4 cells of ESSMs (16 birds), 12 cells of ASROCs, 16 cells of Standards. Maybe flip the Standard/ASROC % if the ship is intended more for ASW than AAW. |
Tango01 | 13 Jan 2019 3:25 p.m. PST |
Glad you like it my good friend!. Amicalement Armand
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dirtysnowball | 13 Jan 2019 7:50 p.m. PST |
@Lion in the Stars: I suppose it comes down to the definition of "medium range" these days, but on the publicly published numbers ESSM outranges the old SM-1MR Standards. The Akizuki class doesn't seem to be credited with the ability to fire Standards. |
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