Type 053K "Jiangdong"-class FFG
It’s the late 60s. Anti-air missile are proving themselves to be more and more useful than gun-based systems, and your navy still doesn’t have anything close to one. Even without the technical knowledge and the lack of foreign assistance, you’re determined to make a ship-based surface-to-air system on your own.
Presenting you the People’s Republic of China Navy(PLAN)’s Type 053K frigate, the first and only ship of its class completed in the late 80s. Serving more as a test bed of the HQ-61B SAM system and the Type 381A 3D air search radar, it’s merely a stepping stone to future PLAN ship designs.
In game uses the UK Z-class DD as the base model so appearance-wise might not look that similar to the actual 053K, but I did my best matching the armaments and sensors, both model and performance wise. Feel free to point out anything in need of change!
Features:
———————053K Jiangdong-class FFG———————
– Two Type 79 twin barrel 100mm mounts
– Four Type 76 twin barrel 37mm mounts
– Two dual-arm HQ-61B SAM launchers (See below for features)
– Two Type 65 anti-submarine rocket launchers
– Depth Charges
– Type 381A 3D air search radar
– Type 341 fire control radar
– Type 342 fire control radar
– Type 343 fire control radar
– Medium frequency sonar
The first PLAN warship armed with SAMs and 3D air search radar, marking a significant step into the anti-air missile age for the PLAN. However as a test bed, the actual combat effectiveness is questionable with its rudimentary design of the HQ-61B SAM system and the lack of countermeasures.
———————HQ-61B SAM———————
– Two dual-arm launchers with four ready-to-fire missiles on the racks
– A total of 24 missiles on board
– Usable for short-range self defense (5.4nm range)
– Long reload (Reported to be more than a minute, in game I gave it exactly 60 secs)
It took the PLAN nearly 20 years to design and test this SAM system before actually producing it in 1988, and by then it was considered obsolete with its unreliability and short range. Still, it provides some basic short-range self defense capabilities.
