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What's going on with the guns on Dutch frigates?
By: Jaime Karremann Post Posted: 07-08-2019 | Last Updated: 08-08-2019
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According to Elsevier's Weekly Netherlands can not send frigates towards the Strait of Hormuz, because of the guns would not work the six frigates.
The fact that the guns of the air defense and command Fregatten (LCF'en) are out of date, and show defects, it is a fact, but that also the cannon of Zr.Ms. From Speijk could not be used, according to the Head of the Technical Service of the ship or not.
Oto-Melara 76mm guns of Zr.Ms. From Speijk and patrol ship Zr.Ms. Holland. (Photo: Jaime Karremann / Marineschepen.nl)
"The outdated onboard guns in six frigates experiencing serious disturbances and are actually decommissioned The Cabinet decided next week participating in a mission to the Strait of Hormuz, but really can not. send frigate, "the article beginsElsevier's Weekly today . A source at Elsevier would say that
gun M-frigate Zr.Ms. Van Amstel would not work because the fired grenades exploded prematurely.
Netherlands currently considering sending a frigate to the Strait of Hormuz there to protect merchant ships from attack. The threat on site is a combination of fast attack bones with explosives or missiles, submarines, anti-ship weapons from land and from ships. For at least the small boats are the guns an important part of the defense, these weapons can be used against air targets. Other means are .50 or MAG machine guns, the goalkeeper and even NATO Sea Sparrow missiles can be used against sea targets. If the guns are not working, no ship can be controlled, the reasoning of Elsevier.
What's going on with the guns?
Do they really not all ten?
That seems greatly exaggerated. Or only six frigates not? (For the OPV have the same guns as the M-class frigates.)
Just a picture of the two ship classes we are talking about. Left an air defense frigate with 127mm cannon Oto Breda (2001 ship, gun circa 1969). Right M-frigate (Van Speijk) with a 76mm Oto Melara 90s. The LCF'en guns to be replaced, they exhibit a regular defects. The M-class frigates are older (and there are also flaws, but that's another story), but have a younger gun works better.
That gun is not replaced. Both guns are made by an Italian company that is now called Leonardo. The 76mm Oto Melara is a successful product and used by sixty navies around the world. (Photo: Jaime Karremann / Marineschepen.nl) First, the 76mm cannon of Speijk, after the ship named to head the Strait of Hormuz if the government decides. According to the Head of Technical Services (HTD) of Zr.Ms. From Speijk, responsible for the technical weapons and technical systems on board, with the gun nothing wrong. The ship, currently at sea, has in recent months at least two completed shooting the gun. The last exercise was in June, and then the gun worked well.https://www.instagram.com/p/ByrSayPiNTU/Movie of the June 14 shooting practice. ( sem qq incidente de disparo ).
The 76mm guns of the M-frigates date from the '90s and, like the platform on age, but the museum guns are on board the LCF'en. This Oto Breda this year were produced exactly 50 years ago . The 127mm guns are so urgently need replacing, though it is still occasionally fired. But more than a decade ago wrote the then State Secretary for Defense Jack de Vries to the House: "There are periodic defects in the construction, Oto Breda 127mm guns, caused by prolonged use." More cartoons by Henk Boomstra. In June 2016 was therefore the acquisition by Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis announced a new gun . A letter published in May 2018 and according to the Equipment Project Overview of the September 2018 introduction of the new gun would run from 2019 t / m 2023. This seems somewhat delayed. A spokesman for the Department of Defense is expected that in 2020 the contract is signed for the new guns, it is estimated that the new weapons are delivered in 2023-2024 and posted. Moreover, there are few providers of guns and there are only two 127mm guns that meet the requirements: the new canon of Leonardo and the Mk 45 Mod 4 of BAE Systems. Elsevier's Weekly speaks of another weapon that would be on the Dutch ship ". Enemy helicopters and speedboats can be trumped with strong laser weapons that blind the pilot or helmsman Usually they turn over to." To the knowledge of Marineschepen.nl is such a "dazzler" does not coat of arms of the Dutch marine operational. Although such a weapon or of might be useful (and increasingly navies does his entrance) in a scenario with many fast attack boats. Overall, the problems with the guns are not so great that no ship can be sent to the Strait of Hormuz. https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Wat-is-er-aan-de-hand-met-de-kanons-op-Nederlandse-fregatten-070819.htmlAbraços
