The European Navies • Opinions on the Dtuch-Belgian Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF)

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) are currently nuder construction to replace the existing M class frigates in those navies (2 each).

What is the opinion on these ships ?

The Dutch ships will operate alongside 4 Dutch built  AA defence frigates

Strangely enough the Belgian ships will cost only 1/2 of the Dutch ones......but I dod no find any differnce in armament or sensors.

I guess putting modern RC 40mm OTO guns on these ships forward and aft (B and X positions) is a useful addition in the light of modern drone warfare.

Specs, from wiki:

Displacement	6.400 tonnes
Length	145 meters
Beam	17+ meters
Complement	up to 117 (plus space for additional 34)
Sensors and processing systems	Thales APAR block 2.0 X-band Multifunctional radar Thales SM400 block 2 S-band Multifunctional radar Thales PHAROS Multi Target Tracking Radar
Armament	Missiles: [ul] 8x NSM 16-cell Mk 41 vertical launching system RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) 1x RAM RIM-116, 21 missiles each [li]Torpedoes:[/li] Torpedo system, Mk-54 LWT [li]Guns:[/li] 1x OTO Melara 76 mm, incl. DART ammunition 2x 40mm Oto Marlin Several medium and light machine guns [/ul]
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter 1 x UAV

statistics: Posted by Inhapi — 3:34 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 1 — Views 70

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