Contente com as alteração que os NPO (3S) vão ter, no equipamento e nas missões que poderão executar... vou ser chato e - mais uma vez, eu sei - colocar um texto das modificações "pouco visíveis" que os britânicos fizeram no River II...
Watertight integrity modifications (also described as improved watertight integrity)
Fire safety modifications
Enhanced firefighting facilities
Automatic emergency lights
Flight Deck Officer position
Domestic refrigeration modifications
Sewage treatment plant modifications
Ballast water modifications
Merlin helicopter operation (ie strengthening the flight deck to be able to land a Merlin helicopter on it)
Helicopter in-flight refuelling
Helicopter refuelling modifications
Changes to ship’s minimum operating temperature
Davit modifications
Force protection weapons modifications (replacing 2×25 mm with 2×7.62 mm Mk 44 Gatling guns)
Installation of WECDIS/WAIS (WECDIS stands for Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information System; WAIS might stand for Wide Area Information System. This seems to be an improved version of the system fitted to HMS Clyde.)
Install Combat Management System (CMS), and the new RN standard BAES “Shared Infrastructure” which will equip the RN’s entire surface fleet over the next nine/ten years (this integrates ship sensor, weapons and management systems using a common console system).
Military communications modifications
Magazine protection (if my memory serves me correctly, this involves the fitting of Kevlar armour)
Radio equipment room modifications
Change lighting and domestic power voltage from 115 v to 230 v
Codification of equipment
Provision of life saving equipment
Replace navigation radars (fit the Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye)
Install military GPS
Install flight deck landing grid
Fuel efficiency monitoring
Provide emergency communication equipment
Machinery space walkway
(...)
Before going further, this list bears examining in terms of what it tells us about the BAES OPV design, or more precisely, their reduced operational capabilities. Most notably, their reduced watertight integrity, basic fire fighting facilities and the lack of protection for the magazines. This emphasizes that standard OPVs, like the BAES 90 m, are not designed for combat. They are naval vessels, but definitely not warships. They can handle smugglers, pirates and small-scale terrorist groups, but nothing greater than that (including major terrorist movements). It’s not about armament, it’s about their inability to absorb battle damage.
Enthusiasts for upgunning OPVs tend to forget this.
Deixarem de ter algo na linha do 30mm e duas .50 RWS, para a opção duas 7,65mm MK44 não me faz muito sentido, mas pronto.
Não é certamente isso que o torna navios de guerra e o alcance das 30mm pode ser usado para manter afastadas certas ameaças e tem mais versatilidade.
Mais, as MK44 7,65 mm são de elevadíssima cadencia e para disparos de aviso uma .50 RWS chega e sobra e o faz mais distante.
Afinal agarram numa arma de elevada cadencia usadas em lanchas para missões militares de combate relativamente próximo e áreas contidas e saturadas e metem no OPV no oceano
