decided to do some comparison on the Victory-class corvettes and
Lekiu class frigates... not to say that we are fighting a war with
M'sia...
decided to take out table, here it is put simple
Victory-class (6 in service)
crew of 49
550 tonnes
35 knots
4000 miles
8 (2*4) McDonnell Douglas Harpoon
0.85 Mach
110 km
16 (2*
Rafael Barak
Mach 2
10 km range
1 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapide
160 rounds/minute
16 km range
4 CIS 50 12.7mm
400-600 rounds/minute
Machinegun
6 (2*3) 324mm Whitehead B515 torp tubes
Whitehead A244S
6kg shells
7km
33 knots
Thomson Sintra TSM 2064
2 Plessey Shield chaff launchers
9-barrelled
Ericson Sea Giraffe 150HC
surface search radar
Kelvin Hughes 1007
I band
navigation radar
not sure what air search radar used
2 Elta EL/M-2221
I/J/K band
fire control radar
too small for any onboard helis
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Lekiu (2 in service)
crew of 138
2270 tonnes
28knots
5000 miles range
8 (2*4) MM40 Block II Exocet
0.9 Mach
42 km range
16 Seawolf
2.5 Mach
6 km range
1 Bofors 57mm
2.4kg shells
220 rounds/minute
17km range
2 MSI 30mm
0.36kg shells
660 rounds/minute
10 km range
6 (2*3) 324mm Whitehead B515 torp tubes
not sure what torps are used
Thomson Sintra Spherion
sonar
2 Super Barrage chaff launchers
12-barrelled
Ericson Sea Giraffe 150HC
surface search radar
Racal
I band
navigation radar
Signaal DA 08
air search radar
2 Marconi 1802
fire control radar
1 Westland Lynx Heli
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thats about it, i dun understand a thing about those radars and
sonar, so anyone who can compare can do that part....
other than that, i think it pretty obvious that the RSN operates
ships and employs weapons more economically than RMN. It carries
the rough equivalent of the RMN frigates despite being less than
1/3 the size of the RMN frigates. The crew used is therefore also
much smaller..., however, the main difference is the heli on board
the frigate. It can be very potent if used effectively..., spotting
enemy ships for firing solutions, etc.
this compares what is probably the best class of fighting ships of
both navies...
also, I'm not too sure on the range of the Exocet, seems a bit
short to me...
Malaysia also has 2 1,900 tonne Kasturi-class frigate which carry 4
Exocets each, that is about the load of Singapore's 6 MGBs..
although the MGBs use harpoons... even Singapore's 6 PVs can carry
4 Gabriel SSMs.... so it shows that RSN employs more weapons with
smaller, faster and therefore more economical platforms...
pls comment...
