UK Type 26 Frigate & US B-21 Raider: New DCS Assets By CH!
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- We take a look at the two latest DCS assets from Currenthill: UK, Canada and Australia's future ASW Type 26 Frigate. Also America's future B-21 Raider, the replacement for their existing B-2 Spirit bomber.
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Whoever is paying CH, he is not being paid enough given his level of productivity and the quality of his products. Thank you CH.
As a german I would say everything is a frigate. Some frigates even have a air strip.
the japanese would disagree
everything is a destroyer for them
@@cockatoo010 they should build a gerald ford class destroyer :D
Brilliant 👏
What did the Soviets (Russians?) declare the Kuznetsov as again? An "aircraft-carrying battlecruiser"?
Edit: Wikipedia says it's "heavy aircraft cruiser" today and "aircraft-carrying cruiser" for the purposes of passing the Turkish Strait.
144 surface to air missiles... as Germans we just can laugh... right ?
Our latest Frigate Class the "Baden-Würtenberg" or F122-Class has a huge ammount of 0 VLS Cells which allows us to to fire 0 SMˋs or ESSM ever
While this is the most expensive Ship for german navy ever...
Even the older "Sachsen" Class has VLS Cells and is more powerfull
It is so sad
Cant wait to see the Type 26 and the Type 45 together in your next wargames GR! :D Absolutely amazing work from CH!
Would love a UK 2028 carrier strike group vs a Russia 2028 carrier strike group, we could pretend russia have a working Kuznetsov and a working Kirov and Slava class ships and we could pretend the UK has the money for all the air defence missiles.
Throw in an astute class submarine as well.
I wouldn't mind seeing a Joint CANZUK Carrier Strike groups containing a mix of T26 Frigates, Hobart and T41 Destroyers, QE Carriers and Canberra (Juan Carlos 2) Platforms and replenishers up against a future US, EU or future Carrier strike.
The large domes house the Sat Comms tubes on the front next to the mushrooms are DLF inflatable decoys.
Some of the larger masts at the back are Comms and some detectors for EW.
The small "lamps" I believe are a elcro-optical CCTV to help track small fast attack craft as well as a manual ability to track .
30mm is used for close in defence against air and sea tracks
I very rarely say this sort of thing, but the Canadian Type 26 are going to be absolute beasts!
They are going to have a much different weapons loadout compared to British and Aussie variants, including ESSM, SM-2, Oto Malara main gun with Vulcano rounds, and Tomahawk LAM’s.
It will be pretty cool if/when the RCN ever gets them into service.
Canadian ships are similar to the Aussie one's .............. the Aussie fit out is superior
Canadian type 26 is underarmed for its intended role though, unlike the 26, its also an air defense warship ,no progression in vls count from tribal ii class, especially if an asroc is fitted (as it really should be so helicopters and ship torpedos arent relied on in bad weather). Sea ceptor is better in ciws role 1-10km range than essm and essm greater max range but they are still too similar to share the same vessel and i don't think any more than 16 sm 2 will be fitted in the current plan (waste of time), why are 3 missiles neede with such a small vls count, 48 cells mk 41 and 36 mk 56 for essm would be more fitting for the role as well as something like the millenium gun instead of the marlins (effective against small boats with variable fire rate, cheap and lighter than phalanx and better in the anti missile role. Fit would then be32 sm-6, 8 tomahawk, 8 asroc).Wish the british variant had the oto 127 gun though
I live in Deal (near Dover) and have been to Calais many times.
Please destroy as much of it as you can.
And Dover.. but only the town - leave the fortifications alone.
They’re rather interesting.
😂👍
Lol
Awesome! I just got online and was hoping for a early video! Thanks guy's and ladies I know it is hard work and not easy to do these video's everyday! So from me to you Thank You and I Appreciate it! You have the best Concept and Scientific Video's!
CH THE GOAT❤❤❤
You are correct!
I'll third that....just downloaded and having a play now....awesome work as always thank you
GR 2040: "Can British Type XXI dinghy flotilla armed with sticks defend against Chinese carrier strike group?"
CH is just awesome!
Are there no limits to CH's brilliance?! Legend! (BTW domes either side of the mast base are probably sat-comms, very similar to when I was in and using them - RN Veteran).
Brilliant as always!! Also, Super Cap, when you mentioned that Australia had recently purchased two hundred LRASMs, I immediately thought that someone in Australia's Ministry of Defense must be a GR subscriber and seen the Darwin raid mission!! Haha!! I look forward to seeing these new assets in future missions, and I immediately thought of some target requiring the MOP to take it out, but protected by an S-400 or two!!
Props to CH for printing out these mods like paper! What's the RCS of the new B-21 mod?
He has it set as 0.0005M2
Very Cool CH! Thanks
MOAB is an atmosphere blast weapon (a giant FAE) and the MOPP is a penetrator (like the Tall Boy and Grand Slams carried by the Lanc in WW2)
Yep, it's analogous to the difference between HE and AP for tank guns, say.
YEEEEEES I have been waiting soo long 4 this
Absolutely astounding work as usual CH, if I wasn't married with 3 children I would sponsor you to do the Australian Anzac and Hobart class's for future videos.
Hobart class are also being fitted with Block V Tomahawk Missiles!👍
And the naval strike missile in lieu of the Harpoon.
a RC model club member friend of mine builds the display models for the Oz defence industry and he will be doing the oz version of the T26 in 1/72 scale RC....
So many new units, freaking awesome
20:20 I assume that is the same black thing as is on the SLAM-ER, it can datalink an image of the target and you can correct the missiles impact point
Thanks chaps
A rough but not definitive threshold from frigate to destroyer is around 7000 tons.
Also, the two rotating bar antennas are surface search radars. Usually one is military spec and the other is a commercial off the shelf radar like a Furuno. That allows for safe navigation while only emitting a radar signature that could be any civilian ship
Loved the video @Grim Reapers! Can't wait for the next video man! Love the work that CH is doing for the DCS Community with all of these new Assets that he keeps putting out there, you sir are a Legend in your own right!
I've got More information about the "Operation Shoestring II" for you man. This is actually the Plan for the Landings on the Island of Donkk. After that I'll brief you on the Reinforcements that will be brought in for the Drive East Towards Terminal Camodo (Named after local Community Content Creator @Camodo Gaming) as well as the Vehicles currently in the AI Forces Inventory with the Weapons DLC itself.
The Plan for "Operation Shoestring II" goes as Follows:
• The Ship's in the Task Force for the Operation (see your "Australia vs. China | Battle for Darwin" video) will rendezvous at an area about 500 Meters North-Northeast from the Ring of Fire. Once all ships are in position, they will then Head for an Area to the South-Southeast of the Island of Donkk with the Iowa and the Cleveland being about 3 Kilometers away (1.8 miles) and the Bayfield and the other Transports about 5 Kilometers away (3.07 miles). This is mainly because of the AI Forces Inventory just having Fast Attack Craft and "Destroyers" in their Ranks so no submarines to deal with, that and the Sheer Size of the Ships being at least two or three times the Maximum Size you can usually build a Ship in Stormworks so you'd have to have a Decent PC Set-up as well as set the Game Settings (Resolution, Graphics etc.) to the lowest Levels just so the Game doesn't crash. In Real life, the Iowa and the Cleveland would be Stationed 6 Miles (9.74 Km) off the Coast and the Transports 10 Miles (16.24 Km) off the Coast but in Stormworks and the Area of the Map the Ships will operating in, it's not that possible.
• Once the Ships for the Bombardment Group and the Transport Group are in their Respective Areas, the Iowa and the Cleveland will Start Conducting the Preliminary Bombardment. At the Same time, The USS Bayfield will be lowering her Landing Craft (12 LCVP's, 4 LCM 3's with her 3 LCP(L)'s are held back for a Little ways in to bring supplies) into the Water and start sending in the Troops for the First Wave.
• When the First Wave of Troops is 500 Meters ( 1,625 Feet, 0.307 Miles or about a Minute) from the Beach, The Bombardment Group (The Iowa and The Cleveland) will fire off a Final Barrage from their Main (16"/50 Caliber and 6"/47 Caliber Guns Respectively) and Secondary (5"/38 Caliber Guns) Batteries before Repositioning to the North-Northeast of the Island of Donkk for the Second Wave.
• While the Ships are Repositioning for the Second Wave, the Troops Landing on the Southern Coast of the Island of Donkk will first Capture Dreimor Airstrip, then push to the Northwest through the Nearby forest into the Village of Dreimor itself before pushing West for Terminal Spycakes (Again, named for Local Community Content Creator @Spycakes).
• The Second Wave will be Landing at the Northern Coast of the Island of Donkk. They'll capture the Nearby Settlement and the Road and Rail Bridges Connecting Donkk to The Other Islands in the Chain like the Chemical Factory, Lighthouse O.B. (Content Creator @Beautiful O.B.) And Terminal Camodo as well as the Sawyer Islands to the East of Camodo. As this is going on, The LST-325 will land her Tanks, Vehicles and Equipment onto the Island Close by to the East of Donkk so as to Provide Fire Support for the Move inland of Donkk. In case you're wondering why this is the Case, Terminal Spycakes has Railway lines going into a Mountain and following it up and around to the Northern end of Donnk where it's pretty much a Straight Shot towards Terminal Camodo or the T-Junction where you can go to the Sawyer Islands or the 40 or 50-some Kilometers North to the Arctic. In effect, I've got a Massive Pincer Movement on Terminal Spycake with this stage of the Operation.
• Once Donkk has been Captured from the AI Forces, The Jeremiah O'Brien and American Victory can Start to Unload Supplies for the Troops at Terminal Spycakes while USS Murzim (AK-95) tops off Iowa and Cleveland's Ammunition Stores. Because Murzim never Historically Carried 16" Ammunition, Iowa will have to Return to Port with Bayfield and LST-325 to top off her Main Battery Ammunition. In the Meantime, SS Jeremiah O'Brien and SS American Victory can Start Doing Cargo Container Runs to and From the Arctic at least until the Reinforcements arrive for the Drive East Towards Terminal Camodo.
The Reinforcements for the Troops on Donkk and the Drive East Towards Terminal Camodo will have the Following Ships:
• Cleveland-class Light Cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56).
• Allen M. Sumner-class Destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724).
• Fletcher-class Destroyers USS Kidd (DD-661) and USS Cassin Young (DD-793).
• Cimarron-class Fleet Oiler USS Neosho (AO-23) (Carrying Fuel for the Fleet).
• Bayfield-class Attack Transport Ship USS Cambria (APA-36).
• Liberty Ship Tanker Configuration SS Alan Seeger (Carrying Aviation Gasoline for Aircraft Operating from Dreimor Airstrip).
• Liberty Ship Boxed Aircraft Transport Configuration SS Albert M. Boe (Now known as the "Star of Kodiak" outside Trident Seafoods main office in Kodiak, Alaska; Carrying P-38J Lightning Fighter-Bombers, A-20G Havoc Medium Bombers and PBY-5A Catalina Flying Boats for Dreimor Airstrip).
• Crater-class Cargo Ship USS Lynx (AK-100) (Carrying an LCT Mark 6 for Further Operations with the LST(2)'s).
• Crater-class Cargo Ship USS Crater (AK-70) (Carrying Supplies and Equipment for the Troops on Donkk for the Drive East Towards Terminal Camodo).
• Crater-class Cargo Ship USS Mintaka (AK-94) (Carrying More Ammunition Stores for the Fleet).
• Landing Ship Tank Mark 2 (LST(2)) LST-1-subclass LST-393 (Carrying More Vehicles and Equipment for the Troops on Donkk and the Drive East Towards Terminal Camodo).
• Liberty Ship Standard Configuration John W. Brown (Carrying Supplies and Equipment for the Troops on Donkk).
• Liberty Ship Standard Configuration Jack London (Carrying Supplies and Equipment for the Troops on Donkk).
The AI Forces Inventory is very Limited. Their Air Force has Eurofighter Typhoons, Eurocopter Tiger's in a Similar Pattern to Australia's Tiger ARH, and Bell UH-1Y Huey "Venom" Transport Helicopters. Their Army has a Tank that looks like a Horrendous Cross between the German Leopard 2, British Challenger 2 and American M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks though upon further Inspection before typing this up it's more or less similar to the Soviet T-72 with a Horrendously Deformed T-62 Turret and they also have a Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Tank with 2 Rotary Autocannons (30 millimeter 6 Barreled kinda like the avenger on the A-10 but smaller like the M61 Vulcan though just as long as the avenger) as if it were a Cross between the ZSU-23-4 Shilka and 2K22 Tunguska Anti-Aircraft Tanks.
The AI Navy is the Real Head Scratcher here. From what I can tell, Deltars (Aka Geometa) who is the Dev for Stormworks and it's DLC's, took the Needlefish and Swordfish Ships from his other Game, Carrier Command 2, and built them for the Stormworks AI Forces. The Destroyer is pretty much the Swordfish with just a Gun Armed Version (battle Cannon with 3 or 4 Barrel Extensions) and a Missile Armed Version (6 Radar Guided Anti-Aircraft Missiles). It's 54.75 Meters in Length which is the Longest you can Build Something in Stormworks Normally, a Draft of about 5 Meters(?) and a Top Speed of 12 m/s or about 23 Knots. The Fast Attack Craft is Basically the Needlefish with Just a Heavy Autoncannon with 2 or 3 Barrel Extensions on it. It's got a Top Speed of 16 m/s or about 31 Knots and is the Smallest of the Warships in the Weapons DLC with a Draft of about 1.5 Meters(?).
I'll get the Actual Specs for the Ships in the Weapons DLC if you guys want to try it with some "Real World Equivalents" in DCS. I hope you guys like the Idea, I spent about two hours typing this up. Let me know what you think about it and I'll catch you in your next video!
It might be interesting to include use of the 4 decoy systems positioned next to the forward mushroom farms and what impact they might have on an incoming missile attack if the Sea Ceptors fail for some reason.
I was on a Type 23 when we launched them......was funny as fuck it got stuck on the guardrail that we had lowered around the edge of the flight deck.
The contractor's were most unhappy at the amount of laughing a piss taking we did
on a serious note, the EW guys would assess the threat and then determine if it was best as "Soft" kIll ie decoy / jammed or "hard" kill on a 23 sea wolf.
Please could you model the wildcat and martlet and sea venom to assist this ship?
Can’t wait to see a high res model of t26 tho ❤
CH is a monster that puts out all the cool stuff!
Hello Grim Reapers!
I understand that as of November’23 BAE Systems has offered Australia an upgunned ‘missile variant’ of the Hunter Class given that strong reservations has been made about the lack of weapons fit out for such a large vessel. The three currently under consideration have only 32 VLS and planned 8 missile canisters for NSM. The new missile frigate / destroyer variant will replace the multi mission bay with a 64 Cell VLS and four quad packs of NSM. There is a good chance at least three of the follow on vessels will be the missile destroyers
Looking forward to CH making Type 31 next (may actually beat the T26 into service).
Just announced to also have Mk41 so also lots of CAMMs. Likely to get NSM transferred from Retiring T23s too.
RN or anyone else hasn't actually done the groundwork yet to quadpack CAMM in mk 41, just the mushroom farms, they could have put 16 extra strike length vls in the type 45 update and got 8 tomahawk, 32 camm instead of only 24 camm but mushroom farms were easier . The 26 mk 41 vls is confirmed only for the future cruise and anti ship weapon ready in 2028 and the only other likely unconfirmed weapon is asroc. As for the type 31, its based on the iver huitfeldt (an air defence frigate with associated radar) which has 32 mk 41 for sm2, 12 mk 56 for essm(dual packed,24 essm) and 16 harpoons amidships. Before the mk 41 announcement on the type 31, the plan was 24 mushroom sea ceptor and foundations fbnw 32 mk 41 cells. Not sure if the mk 41 cells are replacing the mushroom farms now, the best way in my view to utilize that space is to use the 32 cells for fc/asw, and fit 12 exls (a smaller mk 41 derivitave that can soft launch and just the right size to quadpack camm, which is also used on the canadian type 26) for 48 camm. The danish design allows 12 essm for every 8 harpoon (max 32 harpoon or 48 essm) and the exls will take up less space. Then stick the nsms, an artisan or ns110 and a 3 cell exls for 12 sea ceptor on the river class
It's like Admiral Fisher's 'large light cruisers' a century ago. xD Banned from ordering anything larger than a light cruiser during WW1, he came up with that designation for a class of 17,000 tonne ships - two with 15 inch guns and one with 18 inch!
Love ya CH!!!
Those guns would be perfect for Iranian speed boats.
We had Phalanx on shore when we were statuoned at Basra Airfield in Iraq back in 2006. We had so many incoming rockets and mortars each day that they installed these to handle it. Amazing to watch these shot rockets out the sky. Unfortunately one time we were hit in the day and the Phalanx engaged but cut the ricket in half, the warhead carried on and killed some of our guys. Incredible bit of kit though.
They claim that GBU-57 MOP has a terminal velocity of just over MACH 1 when dropped from 20,000 feet. So that was a pretty accurate simulation. 200 ft of penetration apparently.
Yesssssssss, just been playing on cold waters so some naval videos is just what want!!!!
Personally i still want to see the MOB tickle HANZs toes (figuratively)
That was cool, Now I would like to see the strike against the Black sea fleet done against a group of Type 45/26s. keep the numbers the same and see if the fleet can deal with the missile swarm. (Maybe switch out S400 for Patriot and Su35 with Eurofighter?) Also see if the B21 can survive a Kortana designed IADS.
The T26 is a beautiful ship! It's a shame we don't really ever get Subs in these DCS war-games as it would really come into its own then in the British CSG. I guess it will only really perform as additional AA. Would love it if the UK could get some B-21s. Too much money for us though I would think.
This is great
That MOP sounds a bit like a 21st century Grand Slam 🤔👍
or a smaller T-12 Cloudmaker
its show n tell time with GR and a glass of Jamesons......
OH it’s beautiful 🥲🥲
if ships were fully imersive and controllable would bring a whole new crowd to DCS
B-21 radar is also Aim-260 capable.
Also one detail, when it comes to the MOP and MOAB is to big for the RLA(rotary launch Assembly) it has its own special rack. Atleast on the B-2 i would assume its the same for the B-21
Yep, I made the RLA disappear when you load the MOP. 👍🏻
@@currenthillbeautiful work CH as always, keep it up
My understanding is that switch to 5" gun (from usual RN 4.5") is for ability to use long range guided projectiles such as Vulcano
Plus, according to Wikipedia, the 4.5" is no longer manufactured
I have an idea for this ship, if you like it you can try Grim. How’bout UK fleet with 3 type 26, 2 type 45 and 1 carrier Queen Elizabeth vs with WW2 Japanese Central Fleet?
Australia also do have JASSMs, according to RAAF.
with modern Navies now the designation tend to be DDG for anti air, FFGs for ASW/general purpose, and some navies have Corvettes but everything has increased in tonnage to accomodate weapons system sizes. Most DDGs/FFGs are the bigger than a cold war cruiser now
Yeah Corvettes are the new Frigates, Frigates/Destroyers are the new Light/Heavy Cruisers and SSBN are the new Battleships.
@@watcherzero5256 I'd say that the Ohio class SSGNs are the modern Battleship. The SSBNs are a threat but not something you can go back from once used.
I believe that's the American rating system. Correct me if I'm wrong
@@admiraljellicoe9268 its pretty much universal in western navies
@@Wolfe351 Think about the role of the Battleship however, national prestige and ability to prevent war from occurring in the first place, the 3rd rates rather than the 1st rates did the bulk of the fighting while the 1st rates were extremely rare due to their cost.
The Ohio SSGN's are also practically unknown outside the US and certainly not a tool of intimidation.
CH please create The F-22 Super Raptor! The F-22 Raptor is currently being used as a stop gap solution for NGAD testing technologies and in doing so The F-22 is being upgraded through this two way sharing between NGAD and exclusively F-22!
HMD, Link 16, and likely the largest change: Metallic Coating! Allowing for slightly reduced RCS, moderate reduction of IR signature, and faster speeds! Without the hindering of stealth coating melting off The Super Raptor can accelerate and maintain higher Top Speed! PLEASE make it a functioning Thrust Vectoring Model!🙏👍
That's more or less what I've been able to research. Plus anything else you maybe able to incorporate ;)
He does not usually make planes and i dont think he plans to make a flyable plane as they are very hard
MOAB is Massive Ordnance Air Burst that aerosolizes tons of fuel then ignites it all at once, creating an enormous shock wave to collapse structures and cave systems.
MOP is Massive Ordnance Penetrator that is a high explosive housed in a hardened case designed to penetrate more than 10 meters of reinforced concrete to destroy bunkers.
Hurray! for CH
the lamps were EOS sensors for the DS30M which has a 30mm bushmaster cannon on an automated mount.
A stop gap solution would be more likely for the mk41 cells (but most likely they will be left empty until FC/ASW), if we were lucky and bought some JSMs for the F35s they could be fitted with asroc boosters for mk41 cells.
the fire rate for the type 45s mk8 gun is way off and can only fire 5 rounds a minute more than this mk45 5 inch gun and the guided ammunition for the new gun blows away the mk8 in comparison.
The 7.62mm mini gun was withdrawn in march and replaced with the browning .50 for all surface combatants.
The pods on the side of the mast are SCOT-5 satellite communication antennas.
Terma scanter 6000 is an surveillance and navigation radar also used on the river class OPVs
The antennas at the back are UHF and other frequency communication masts.
There are 2 small antenna pods (1 on top of the bridge and 1 on top of the hanger) these provide a 2 way data link to guide the sea ceptors in place of a fire control radar, what they say is a fire control radar is actually another EOS sensor.
the decoy launcher aft of midship is part of the sea sentor anti torpedo defence system and the 1 in the midship position which he thought were ASW mortars are chaff and IR decoys.
On a side note janes has said the basic CAMM missile has shown a range capability of up to 60km, but obviously for a large slow n low target not a fighter jet or missile.
The MOP has a one mile blast radius. 4 mile shockwave
I ❤ CH. I wish CH would consider making LAV-AD. I think it would be awesome to have in DCS.
All that popped into my head was the old song Thirty Thousand Pounds of Bananas 🤣
I'm here early enough for once! Cap, please look at Op Squabble and have a stab at it please (milsim, modern, I don't mind) it's a great story more people need to know about it! Keep up the incredible work!
Moving into speculation, but how about 128x Spear 3 quad-packed into Mk41? MBDA did produce some concept art, but no idea if a ship VLS version is being seriously considered (so far it's planned for F35B and Typhoon only).
Small warhead, but would be useful in a MALD-like role to soak up SAMs before NSM/FASW arrives
wouldnt the antennas and metal structure in front of the radar interfere with it?
Wow this is a good model! I wonder if this frigate could be used as an analogue for other frigates in the NATO fleet?
I just forwarded this to the Aussie ministry of defence
What's interesting is that the Australian version looks set to be a more general purpose frigate even if it is marketed as an ASW frigate, with 32-cell VLS (2/3 of the Hobart class air warfare destroyers, possibly carrying 24 SM2 and 32 ESSM, or 16/64) and 8 cannister-launched advanced anti-ship missiles (likely NSM or LRASM). If any of the VLS cells are strike or tactical length then it may also carry Tomahawks or Joint Strike Missiles. Plus it's equipped with the Nulka missile decoy and the best radar in the world (CEAFAR).
As of November’23 Australia looks like reducing the number of Hunter Class frigates as ordered and building follow on variants now offered by BAE Systems which have 96 VLS and four quad packs of NSM ( instead of and replacing the multi mission bays )
- it remains to be seen whether we build 3 or 6 as the latest Naval review recommends building a fleet of Corvettes ( tier 2 combatants)
@johngodden4363 I've seen that, and I think it's a really good idea. Corvettes as well - currently we're building the Arafuras which are gonna have pretty much no armament, but if we built a dozen or more all armed with LRASM/NSM and ESSM we could have a formidable sea area deterrent.
CH is just a legend
Not really for me to correct anyone Cap, but I'm fairly sure the type 26 will have vls space for future cruise missiles and surface warfare capability.
Yep, the Mk41 24 cell VLS is planned to be equipped with Future Offensive Surface Weapon (FOSW). But MBDA need to build them first.
Yeah, but that was only just confirmed to be getting Mk41's last week, before that it was seemingly planned to have nothing.
@@Bardghost_Isu no your thinking of the type 31, this is the type 26 which has always planned for mk41.
That's a nice model of a frigate.
Any chance CH of a Vulcan or an English Electric Lightening?
If you think those mk48 cells are going to be filled with Sea Ceptors you’re day dreaming! It’s highly likely the cells won’t even be fitted initially in order to save money - “fitted for” is the royal navy’s favourite term.
the age old fit for not fitted with....now AB go for a dockyard bimble and see what you can stores rob of another ship
Any chance we'll get to see that new WZ-8 Chinese drone/carrier killer that was released with the Discord leak?
@5:20 talk of the gun "the Americans are producing" - yes it's the standard American 5 inch gun so we can in theory use their advanced steerable ammunition and I suspect Type 45 will get them in their last update. But they are not strictly speaking American - BAe bought United Défense - so these guns are now British (in terms of company ownership!)
The Type 26 are 8,800 tonnes at full war load.
Canadian ship has vastly different combat weapons systems, radar , and is larger in displacement
Still dubbed “Canadian Surface Combatant”
Looking forward to GR 2030s-set wargames with RN T26, T31 and upgraded T45s (will be getting ABM version of Aster and additional CAMM cells)
Plus Spear 3 missiles on F35B and Typhoon
Also Sea Venom and Martlet ASMs on Wildcat helos. Loadout 20x Martlet or 10x Martlet and 2x SV
Has it been updated with the Mk41 silos? Allows for greater missile choice so could be a bit of a game changer
Yes, it was confirmed a few weeks ago that the Mk41’s would be part of the design for cruise/ anti ship missiles and quad packed CAMM’s
So many missiles on the type 26 u know what we should base type 83 on a elongated type 26 hull and either fit it out with mushroom farms or the MK 41 VLS
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@Milleniumlance and that's exactly why type 83 should be an elongated type 26
Ch should make the 1995 theoretical US arsenal ship to do some what if scenarios ;p
ohhhhhhh!!
is it bad I've already started modding the Type-26 with SM-6's ect to see what difference it would make
CH is the best 😊
The B21 can Super Cruse at 60k feet. That's what the B21 was originally designed for. But some idiot told the designers to make it also fly low with terrain following tech. Hence the late delivery and being over budget. Besides, if the B21 can't Super Cruise at high altitude then it's not worth the price.
That's news to me that Canada is getting these ships.
moab GBU-43 is an air burst bomb similar to what the daisy cutter bomb was. It is launched from a C-130. The MP GBU-57 is a penetrator bomb designed for bombers to drop.
Oh man, CH please do the RAN and RCN versions too!
I think he has these planned or will plan to do it if there is enough demand
The type 26 has NSM i don't know why it was built without them??? NSM on Type 26 has been confirmed for ages now.
Once the type 26 is in service it will get the NSM from the retired type 23 to plug the gap until the type 26 gets the FC/ASW supposedly in 2028.
My understanding is that the 11 ship sets of NSM that were acquired are being installed on the Type 23 and Type 45. And later on may be transferred from the Type 23 to the Type 31 (as a general purpose frigate). I'd be very interested in sources confirming NSM on Type 26. 👍🏻
@@currenthill You sir are correct i confused the T31 with the T26 my apologies.
@@furiousscotsman2916 Too bad, I was hoping there would be evidence to spice up the Type 26 with some antiship missiles. But I'll just have to wait until I make the Type 31. 😅
@currenthill yea i went to the naval news article I thought had it and i realised it was the Type 31😆 😅.
One can hope the naval missile for Mk 41 is good and on time for 2028, but it's the UK and France so I will be surprised if they even manage to agree on a paint colour.
The USN uses 'size' as a differentiator for whether a hull is a destroyer or frigate. For the RN now it is basically whether a hull is anti-air (destroyer) or anti-submarine (frigate). We could go into history for a fuller explanation but it isn't worth it.
Where is the point defense lasers.
Er B2 was originally designed for. 😜
Hasn't the Royal Navy bought the Naval Strike Missiles for the type 45s and type 26s? So each ship should have 8 each.
Rumor has it that the 11 NSM sets will be installed on the 6 T45s and 5 "General purpose" (not ASW) T23s. Following this logic, the T23's NSMs will be transferred onto Type 31 not T26 when T23s retire
Is there any submarines ? For torpedoes and VLS 😊
@CH, I used the B21 on twomidenticle missions dropping the 2000lb penetrator bombs, both times the B21 turned after dropping and eetonated the bombs, everything went bang, has anybody else had this issue.
Can you please make the FFG 62 Constellation class Frigate? I so enjoy the GR videos and CH mods
Great looking ship. Thanks CH. But I seriously doubt that they will ever set sail without ANY anti-ship missiles like this. Even if they are designed for anti-submarine warfare. Surely they will have NSMs or similar when they are commissioned.
Well, the Type 45 decommissioned its Harpoons while waiting for the NSMs. Not every ship will have all the capabilities. For example, the American Arleigh Burke Destroyer doesn't have a primary antiship weapon (not counting the secondary antiship feature of the SM6).
@@currenthill Really? Seems like a dangerous capabilty gap for the Royal Navy. Are you planning to do the Australian and Canadian versions of this ship by any chance?
@@rjk001 royal navies top ship killing weapons are the subs.
Destroyer, Frigate, etc... is down to the role the ship carries out, not the size.
Well there's tonage and how many weapons it has, but when it comes to something like a type 26 I would class that as a super frigate
All worship the Mango !
Hi SuperKap et al! Ukraine is picking up a hundred f16s by end of August, and theyre training on homebuilt trainers. I just wanted to float the idea of doing a Ukraine Centric focus on f16 missions, because you and your international coterie of pilots appear to run simulations against the bad guys AND your videos get a lot of eyes on them. A lot of eyes.
If you are doing a full scale attack by Russia on UK would you also include the USAF fighters at LKN no? They would also be sent to intercept any such major aggression right?
CH is awesome. Cap, turn your the sound down when having discussions like this please. Drowns out your voices
can we have more indian assets in DCS?
As well as wargames, I'd love some "science" testing T26 against various ASMs. As well as CAMM performance, do the 30mm bushmasters and miniguns have any efficacy against missiles or aircraft? I suspect yes for the latter.
Also if CH builds "Sky Sabre" (Army version of CAMM), how does that do against land-attack missiles and rockets?
The bushmasters can be used against aircraft and missiles to a lesser extent due to their infrared targeting system and optic systems as well as the soon to come martlet missile add ons which can serve as SAM’s.
The reason British ships are so heavily armed with small arms compared to other nations is because of lessons learned in the Falklands with low altitude aircraft runs, the mini guns and MG’s work against really really close aircraft and small attack craft (the stuff Iran uses)
CAMM’s work well against land attack missiles and rockets, in tests they demonstrated a capability to attack air targets as small as a tennis ball
Can you guys do an Australian F35 LRASM strike on a Chinese carrier strike group
New viewer here. Did you guys ever do todays entire Chinese 2023 navy vs the entire IJN of WW2? Then a follow up including submarines?