3 Chinese F22P frigates to the Pakistan satisfaction will be exported to Algeria
According to Jane’s Defense Weekly “reported on May 4, the Algerian Ministry of Defence has signed a contract, will purchase three Chinese-made light cruiser and two German-made “meko A-200 frigate. Combined with a publication sponsored by the China North Institute of Science and Technology recently disclosed the “F-22P frigates to find new customers, due to different customer requirements, its tonnage increased to 3100 tons, three-ship orders will be manufactured in China.” message, which can be the judge Algeria’s purchase “light cruiser” F-22P frigates.
[surlignement=]victory over Russian counterparts
[/surlignement]reported that Algeria ordered three frigates from China will be the construction of the shipyard in Guangzhou or Shanghai Huangpu Shipyard, ship equipment MTU diesel engines and the Chinese side to provide automated operational command system can be regarded as “quite large warships. However, the “Jane” did not disclose the specific performance of this frigate.
Algeria procurement is indeed F-22P frigates, the Navy will no doubt add a cost-effective maritime combat platforms. The F-22P frigates 123 meters long, 13.4 meters wide with a displacement of about 3000 tons, equipped with a 76.2 mm caliber guns mounted FM-90N ship-to-air missile, the type 730B near the anti-Su Shebao, anti-submarine rockets. C-802 anti-ship missiles and a Z-9EC anti-submarine helicopters, air defense, anti-submarine and anti-ship firepower readily available.
According to Russia’s “periscope” website reported on May 6, China has received three Algerian Navy frigate orders, apparently directly victory over Russia’s participation in the bid for similar products – 20.38 thousand-class escort. Reported that China the frigate win Algeria orders means in the world arms market and Russian products in direct competition to win again “. Some analysts pointed out that Chinese warships series frigate of the famous German “meko won the bid, means that Chinese military ships in the international market already has a very strong competitive force.
good reputation theSome analysts say the F-22P frigates or other models of ships made in China, able to overcome the Russian counterparts to win the order, virtue should The two advantages of a good trade reputation and mature technology. The United States, “Strategy Page” Web site reported that on May 7, F-22P frigates Jiang Wei “-2 by the Chinese navy frigate improvement from the previous main export of Pakistan. At present, the Pakistani Army has received a three-class frigates, and build its own 4. Reported that, due to Pakistan of F-22P class frigate very satisfied, very likely will increase to purchase or build its own 4. Obviously, a good user experience is conducive to the ship to further expand the international market.
Russia peers
2010 water service provided by China frigate “veterans” not only the overall design is mature, and ship equipment, anti-ship missiles, air defense missiles, ship-borne helicopters are also the Chinese Navy fleet of mature equipment, there is no use of risk, combat effectiveness and security. Also, consider the Algerian navy in 2006, equipped with Chinese-made “peak” training ship, and then operate with the Chinese production of the frigates will be more smoothly, you can save a lot of training time.
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