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motif

02/23/2013, 02:29:26

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PLAN has well over a hunder of various variants of 037.

037I Haijiu

037I-S Haiqing ASW variant

037IG Hongxing

037II Hongjian

Hongxing and Hongjian in training

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The Haijiu is the ASW variant, not Haiqing:
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-Corsair-

02/23/2013, 18:04:09

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Most of them escept 688 are equipped with a French SS-12 VDS in place of the aft 57mm turret (don't know what the hull/bow sonar is). "Hongxing" and "Hongjian" should be "Houxin" and "Houjian", that's a US/NATO designation not given by PLAN and the "Hou" follows the standard reporting name system for PLAN missile boats("Houku" for 024, "Houbei" for 022, etc.). 037II doesn't seem to have upgraded its EW suite and still using those old chaff launchers.

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You got it in reverse
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motif

02/23/2013, 19:38:37

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Haijiu has some ASW role with its ASW mortars, but Haiqing is the more dedicated ASW variants with automatic reload and longer range ASW mortars, and hull sonars. Some source said there was a mini towed array for it. Haiqing has 26 boats while Haijiu only has two boats outfitted with the French sonar. The two boat is probably just trying out the French sonar.

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Three boats have the French VDS: 693, 694, 697
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-Corsair-

02/23/2013, 20:04:18

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Those were the ones without the aft 57mm turret. I think all 037 variants except the missile boats had a hull sonar. I never saw any pics of Haiqing with a mini-TAS, but you probably have more recent images than I do. Haiqing lacks a funnel and the aft 37mm guns could have been replaced with torpedoes to increase ASW capability, although that would probably affect weight distribution considerably.

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056 pix
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motif

02/23/2013, 02:48:14

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In the PLAN modernization, the 037 are to be replaced by 056 light frigate / corvette. There will be multiple variants of 056.
The first batch of 42 ships already has 9 vessels launched in less than a year. The unit price is estimated at just over $100 million.

Launches of the 056

Sea trials

The weapon include 1 x 76 mm main gun

2 x 2 anti-ship missiles launcher, 2 x 30 mm automatic gun

1 x 8 cell HHQ-10, 2 x 3 torpedo launcher

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As we speak, 582 has enter service today on Feb 24
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motif

02/24/2013, 01:26:04

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Re: It doesn't has a big ceremony like 150 DDG... So sad for a corvette.
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Lin dan

02/24/2013, 12:32:44

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And the 10th 056 launched today
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motif

02/25/2013, 00:27:32

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I think at the shipyard it's the handover, there is a ceremony at the naval base which we don't get to see. The 150 ceremony for
example was held at the naval base. However General Wu Shengli was present at the handover so I guess there's a ceremony held there.

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New versions of 037 would still be useful for coastal patrols
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-Corsair-

02/23/2013, 18:07:01

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and foreign sales. One with TAS, torpedoes, and quieter engines could provide cheap ASW capability for 3rd world countries. Why are some of the new 056 painted in the old PLAN scheme?

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For foreign sales, check out the IDEX models
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motif

02/23/2013, 19:33:41

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also recent exported patrol crafts such as the PNS Azmat. There was no more 037 built since a decade ago, the design is getting old. After bigger warships took over the ASW role, 037 is only performing simpler tasks like patrol and SAR which is probably better left to the MSA / Fishery / Coast Guard ships.

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They are not using all of the new 056?
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superblaser

02/23/2013, 22:44:32

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They are not using all of the new 056? Some are for foreign sales, to which countries?

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We're talking about 037
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motif

02/23/2013, 23:19:45

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I did at the time, I wonder if any orders have been placed
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-Corsair-

02/23/2013, 20:17:49

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Small patrol/ASW boats are still useful in restricted waters like the Persian Gulf. Iran actually continues to build some PT boats AFAIK.

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Contemporary equivalents of 056
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motif

02/23/2013, 04:21:23

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include the Netherland Sigma class which the Indonesian navy has bought 4 of the 9113 variant. Indonesia order a follow up
of 2 (?) larger and better armed 10514 variant at $220 million for the first ship, which has just been laid down. Class 10514
is classified as a frigate / destroyer escort and will be the most advanced warship in the Indonesian navy.

The weapons include 1 x 76 mm OTO gun

1 x 4 MBDA Mistral TETRAL SAM forward
2 x 2 Exocet MM40 Block II anti-surface missile

1 x 4 MBDA Mistral TETRAL SAM aft
2 x 20 mm gun

plus 2 x 2 torpedoe launchers.

And the Gepard 3.9 class frigate of the Vietnamese navy. Vietnam bought its first two Gepard 3.9 frigate for close to $200 million each.
The first two have been delivered by the Russian, two more are under construction. It's the most advance warship in Vietnamese navy.