The type 052B are currently undergoing a Mid life upgrade, hull 168 seam to be complete, hull 169 is still in drydock. Known upgrades are: *Removed both arm launches and installed a 32 cell VLS in front. This is not the full size VLS found on type 052D and 055 but rather the smaller H/AJK-16 found on the type 054A frigate able to fit rocket launched Anti sub torpedo's and the HQ-16 missile family. (The new HQ-16FE is a vast improvement on the old buk missile and can reach out to 160km). *New sensor suite with the 052D ESM mast, Type 382 radar replacing the Fregat, Type 366 replacing the Mineral-ME and 366-2 datalinks replacing the Mineral-ME 3, the entire AJK-16 set with the illuminators, Type 726 ESM/ECM set. * YJ-83 antiship missiles replaced with the supersonic YJ-12 * Main Gun was temporarily removed during refit, not sure if replaced with another version or what they did to it. There are probably more changes but info is sparse. This is a fairly substantial MLU turning an obsolete Destroyer into something with the capability of a decent modern frigate.
@@ColonelEviscerator These 2 destroyers came out before the LCS which have less capabilities than Chinese frigates. China has later destroyers that terrify you too.
@@ColonelEvisceratorthe Chinese 056 corvette and Hubei missile boats have more capability than the American LCS. If anything gives a nudge to the LCS, the thing shatters 😅
052B, China's best destroyer? there're 052C, 052D, and 052E, not to mention 055. Arron, i really think we should take a closer look at those vessels since they are all more advanced than 052B. by the way, China's frigate 054B warrants an introduction as well.
Yeah these "members only" videos are bullshit. I understand releasing them early for your patreon members but after a few weeks he should just release them. I just can't get past the fact that all the ship classes I'm most interested in aren't available. Doesn't make this guy look very good. 👎
We are in the age of 054B, 052Ds and 055s that keep the American admirals up at night banging their heads against the wall for wasting 20 years of American shipbuilding on the LCS and Zumwalt with no frigate and no replacement for Arleigh Burk
Get all the latest info and videos in Eurasia Naval Insight channel. I have seen Type 004 carrier test and updates videos there, type 076 under construction, type 055 and all the goodies. And all that for free
I really like this content creator, he ALWAYS has an interesting insightful take on capabilities, especially of naval assets from virtually every relevant country to our national defense. Adversaries or allies.
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle: Could you give me one or two examples (Links with timestamp) for this? From my POV Eurasian Navel Insight is one of the most neutral RUclipsrs in this field. He is certainly more neutral than SubBrief. (in the back of my head I think he once said he is not pro-PLA) Thank you!
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle He is neutral on ship capabilities but politically he's pro Taiwan is part of China. But I don't really think it matters, aslong as he creates good. and correct informative content who cares which political party you prefer.
Your statement at 0:48 on the Chinese "simply copying" Euro signature reduction techniques is a bit disingenuous. It's a very small step to go from being able to calculate radar return to making efforts to reduce it. In fact, 051C and 052, and also Jiangwei II all started going to sleek and uncluttered hulls and superstructures.
Since when is the Type 052B China's "best destroyer"? Their crowning achievement is the Type 055 "big destroyer" with 4 planar array AESA radars and short of that there is still the Type 054C and D which also feature four SPY-1 style PESA planar array radars.
Really Covid issues? in 2023? This ship is build in 2002, China commissioned 13 Type 052D between 2020 and 2022 and 8 type 055 between 2022 and 2023. How many new Burk have US commissioned during the same period? They will launch about 10 new warships this year alone between 052D/055/054B, looking at those numbers you can almost make a conclusion Covid speed up their warship building speed.
Couple of corrections. MTU is a German engine not Ukrainian. The 1163 diesels are German sourced. The Mineral radar also uses a lower frequency to achieve the ducting you referred to for the limited OTH performance. The lower frequency and longer refresh rate mean it’s not really suitable for anti missile detection. It’s a targeting system for the antiship missile battery more than anything else.
I like how employing Universal wave and EM physics to reduce radar signatures is considered copying European design shapes.. I am sure its also copying when China uses high bypass Turbofan engines for their fighter jets.. They could have used a piston engine or something else.. Also most of this is not known for a fact.. And is simply open source info that you can definitely bet China has tampered with before we got it.. So take this info cautiously
5:07 I'm just trying to be helpful, but Guangzhou is pronounced close to the sound Gwahng Joe. It is the name of the city which was referred to in English as Canton.
052B isn't even the best china's destroyer. That title should go to type 055. There are only like two active 052B ever built, while the rest of the destroyer force is dominated by 052D, which is a more advanced and sophisticated ship.
Type 052B is close to 20 years old and wouldn't even compare favourably to China's last gen Type 054A frigate let alone Type 052D, 052DE, and Type 055, all of which were built in orders of magnitude greater numbers. It's truely strange for someone to make a video about Type 052B in 2023, give it that video title, seems like someone saw news about Type 054B and couldn't tell 54 from 52.
China's best destroyer is the Type-055, 8 in active service. It's closest competitor is the Zumwalt which the U.S has 2 in active service, which have the same issues the LCS class had, they were built from aluminium. It's not even the Type-055 the U.S has to worry about, it's their fast attack missile boats, Type-037, 67 in active service succeeded by the Type-022 which they have 82 in service. When China launches their Type-055, Type-022's, Z-10's, DF-11's, at Taiwan and the 7th fleet (60-70ships), the U.S is done, they won't even need NK or Russia's assistance.
The lecture is so long it's almost as long as as the Type 52B itself 😅 Jk love the channel Aaron and thanks for all the information and the thoughtful, professional, and balanced manner in which you conduct yourself and this channel.
What do you think about the new Chinese attack submarine Type 093B SSN? They just launched another one of those on Bohai Shipyard in Liaoning Province.
Potentially capable of building four boats every year. That is in addition to their existing massive surface vessel yard capacity (and capability), with everything they need locally produced. They have more capacity than the entire West by a very wide margin.
In fact they are capable of building and launching one every 4 months during peacetime. Reports also say during wartime they can build and deploy many times this amount because of its module construction and modules are manufactured in various locations and transported to the shipyard. China expanded its major inland sub-making shipyard to massive proportions. There is nothing in the West that can compete with it.
@@ltribley Exactly the same methods they employ with commercial shipbuilding. Everything is modular, and the only purpose of the yards is to "assemble the construction kit". Also, by spreading construction out over a very large physical area of suppliers, effective damaging of their shipbuilding capacity becomes quite a challenge.
Well, the 52 series are actually Frigates (albeit large ones), so as a multi-role Frigate this is perfectly capable. Be aware that the YJ-83 -KH variant is also being developed as a sea-launched version, with only a slight range reduction, and the possibility of mid-course correction via friendly assets.
I gotta wonder how much time there is before a CN intercept has an air-to-air f22 "accident". I can hear the C-Crews already; "we lost contact with the aircraft when it began a rapid decent."
2:20 actually the shipyard was partly moved to Changxing island after around 2010, the other part(the originated one, used since 1950s) located inside Shanghai, about to the right of the "Shanghai" mark and is still being used today (to build type 052d and tyoe 075/076). It is said the old shipyard will move to Changxing Island in the coming years. BTW the own name of shipyard is "Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding", part of Jiangnan shipyard industry.
He made one a year ago, apparently the quality was so poor that he deleted it himself later.😅 His explanation of surface ships is mostly amateurish, especially when it comes to Russian or Chinese.
Michael ships of war she is designed for a specific function. To target a distroy an enemies assets and people with speed , accuracy and efficiency. She does not have the most highly advanced pice techo-terror . Even today a 18" gun can disintegrat an enemy with the speed and efficiency of aparticalbeam through air.
This one and Type 054 is the awkward design between the the obsolete last gen warship and the next/current gen stealthy VLS and AESA capable ships. Thats why they only build 2, and if you go over Type 051C that is an even more awkward ship which is not really necessary whatsoever.
@7:20, he says to 'keep an eye open for that 1200 rpm.' vis-a-vis the electric generating diesels providing hotel power... Am I correct in my supposition that this is a sonarman thing? (I.e. listening to engines running at 1200 rpm could be an acoustic signature of these diesels running while the rest of the ship may be quiet, e.g. how prop rotations can likewise be counted and analyzed?) If so, that is very cool. My grandfather flew P2Vs and has a ton of respect for the sonar guys.
@@andrean2247 No, Chinese VLS can fire anything from hot launch air/missile defence missiles to cold launch hypersonic ASMs, even Type 054A frigates which China stopped building last year arguably pack more firepower than Type 052B.
How do you even consider Type 052B the best Chinese destroyer? Their best destroyers are Type 052D and Type 055A, you should probably do more research. Furthermore you said 'zero covid' policy tampered with it's production, and you're very much wrong as 052B hasn't been produced for nearly 20 years now. And you can't put 052B and later variants to be in the same scale as apart from hull design they have nothing in common
You need to listen more closely. He was very clear at the beginning that the -052B is not the latest. Before you tell him to do more research, you should watch more of his videos to understand how much he knows (you could start by just watching this one with better attention). Zero-covid policy is affecting this shipyard today, not the production of this ship. Again, pay better attention. The title for this video is not pertaining to just this model (-052B) as this is just one part of many coming out, which will cover China's latest destroyers. He also made this clear in the first 60 seconds and again at the end. And please, put your link here to the videos you are creating with your superior research.
MTU is from Friedrichshafen Germany , probably Ukraine bought these engines and then sold them to China. MTU purchased DETROIT DIESEL in 1998 from Rodger Penske FYI.
No,he talked about die Diesel as well, quote: „Maritime Diesel is a….MTU…again an Ukraine engine.“ Listen it up again, he got this wrong. As it is def a German engine.
@@Patrick-pm1sn (MotorTurbineUnion) MTU , after WW!! Germans started building both internal combustion engines and rocket engines . During the WW!! they were know as Maybach DIESEL
I see quite a bit of misinformation floating about in this comment section. Also, if you're going to claim to be discussing China's best destroyer you could, you know, discuss their best destroyer rather than a class from the early 2000's.
@@ZxZ239 I see, I also heard that the second batch of type 55 is currently being put together and they are fully electric power. Looking forward to hear about it more.
Yes hello, does anyone know why missiles are put on the bow of the ship……is it for buoyancy……if not is there a reason to put on the bow………just space?…….seems a stupid place to put missiles
Buy the cheapest you can find because you are cheap, of course its Made in China, it breaks with no suprise = CONFIRMTION EVERTHING CHINA MADE ARE CRAP!!! Why don't you look at China's space program, they have among the safest record on earth. And I imagine they treat their military stuff with the same quality
My understanding is that the Type 055 is China's best destroyer, and possibly the best destroyer in the world. Furthermore, my understanding is that the Type 052D (delta) is China's latest and greatest in this class.
You didn’t need to break up this into 3 “lectures”, but perhaps it was better for you financially? One 10 minute video well thought out lecture could have covered everything? Having said that, I do appreciate your efforts in researching & providing information.
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This Type 52 B isn't China's best destroyer.. That would be the Type 52 D. Some say it's the Type 55, but that ship is more of a cruiser than a destroyer..
There are many people here overestimating China's naval capabilities. Sorry, but if you can't make semi conductors worth a damn, not to mention plastic, concrete, roads then you won't convince me that your navy is worth the materials you used to build it.
What criteria did you use to call the Type 52 series a "destroyer?" AFAIK practically everyone classifies it as a frigate and the larger Type 55 as China's latest "destroyer" class although it borders on being so large that it could almost be called a "cruiserl"
US Navy calls the Type 51 and Type 52s as destroyers, never seen them called frigates. The type 55 is debatable about destroyer vs cruiser but I believe the Chinese call them destroyers
The type 052B are currently undergoing a Mid life upgrade, hull 168 seam to be complete, hull 169 is still in drydock.
Known upgrades are:
*Removed both arm launches and installed a 32 cell VLS in front. This is not the full size VLS found on type 052D and 055 but rather the smaller H/AJK-16 found on the type 054A frigate able to fit rocket launched Anti sub torpedo's and the HQ-16 missile family. (The new HQ-16FE is a vast improvement on the old buk missile and can reach out to 160km).
*New sensor suite with the 052D ESM mast, Type 382 radar replacing the Fregat, Type 366 replacing the Mineral-ME and 366-2 datalinks replacing the Mineral-ME 3, the entire AJK-16 set with the illuminators, Type 726 ESM/ECM set.
* YJ-83 antiship missiles replaced with the supersonic YJ-12
* Main Gun was temporarily removed during refit, not sure if replaced with another version or what they did to it.
There are probably more changes but info is sparse.
This is a fairly substantial MLU turning an obsolete Destroyer into something with the capability of a decent modern frigate.
Wow, the propaganda upgrades are amazing.
a DESTROYER with the capabilities of a frigate. Terrifying. Might as well save your keystrokes and call it an LCS.
@@ColonelEviscerator These 2 destroyers came out before the LCS which have less capabilities than Chinese frigates. China has later destroyers that terrify you too.
@@ColonelEviscerator upgrading them to 054b frigate spec is not a bad idea.... they're still quite capable ships
@@ColonelEvisceratorthe Chinese 056 corvette and Hubei missile boats have more capability than the American LCS. If anything gives a nudge to the LCS, the thing shatters 😅
052B, China's best destroyer? there're 052C, 052D, and 052E, not to mention 055. Arron, i really think we should take a closer look at those vessels since they are all more advanced than 052B. by the way, China's frigate 054B warrants an introduction as well.
U need to pay for the membership for the 055 story. Check the menu of this tuber 😂😂😂
@@tomcatkewell Yeah...that's why I steer pretty far away from this guy.
055 is technically too big to be considered a destroyer. It should be classified as a cruiser.
Yeah these "members only" videos are bullshit. I understand releasing them early for your patreon members but after a few weeks he should just release them. I just can't get past the fact that all the ship classes I'm most interested in aren't available. Doesn't make this guy look very good. 👎
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We are in the age of 054B, 052Ds and 055s that keep the American admirals up at night banging their heads against the wall for wasting 20 years of American shipbuilding on the LCS and Zumwalt with no frigate and no replacement for Arleigh Burk
yes lcs was retarded as hell glorified offshore patrol boat that/
Honestly I don't really get it why they don't just repurpose the LCS as missile boats
@@HeavenlyMandate cost to much to maintain them. The propulsion and the structures all have problems.
@@HeavenlyMandateFor cruise missiles, maybe. But anti air missiles need good radars, LCS doesn't have that, and also no extra space to install it.
Still surface targets.
Love this 20yrs old video and look forward to see another one on type055 in 2043 maybe?
Get all the latest info and videos in Eurasia Naval Insight channel. I have seen Type 004 carrier test and updates videos there, type 076 under construction, type 055 and all the goodies. And all that for free
Wait, shouldn’t 055 and 052DL be their most advanced destroyer? 052B seems outdated
I really like this content creator, he ALWAYS has an interesting insightful take on capabilities, especially of naval assets from virtually every relevant country to our national defense. Adversaries or allies.
Exciting to learn about these Chinese ships!
If you want to go in depth, check out Eurasian Naval Insight. He is really in depth in these ships, however, he is pro-PLA
Why is China so weak?
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle: Could you give me one or two examples (Links with timestamp) for this? From my POV Eurasian Navel Insight is one of the most neutral RUclipsrs in this field. He is certainly more neutral than SubBrief. (in the back of my head I think he once said he is not pro-PLA) Thank you!
@@volrathsstronghold I base this on the video he did on Taiwan
@@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle He is neutral on ship capabilities but politically he's pro Taiwan is part of China. But I don't really think it matters, aslong as he creates good. and correct informative content who cares which political party you prefer.
Your statement at 0:48 on the Chinese "simply copying" Euro signature reduction techniques is a bit disingenuous. It's a very small step to go from being able to calculate radar return to making efforts to reduce it. In fact, 051C and 052, and also Jiangwei II all started going to sleek and uncluttered hulls and superstructures.
Would love to see a breakdown video about the large volume of ships china is producing and their capabilities.
Same, specifically their destroyers.
Since when is the Type 052B China's "best destroyer"? Their crowning achievement is the Type 055 "big destroyer" with 4 planar array AESA radars and short of that there is still the Type 054C and D which also feature four SPY-1 style PESA planar array radars.
China does not have PESA radar destroyers, all are AESA, one generation ahead of the spy-1 type
chinese modern ships run AESA radars not PESA
No, China basically skipped the PESA era. Starting from 052C, it used 4-sided AESA radar.
Thank you for all of your videos. My favourite channel on YT.
Really Covid issues? in 2023? This ship is build in 2002, China commissioned 13 Type 052D between 2020 and 2022 and 8 type 055 between 2022 and 2023. How many new Burk have US commissioned during the same period? They will launch about 10 new warships this year alone between 052D/055/054B, looking at those numbers you can almost make a conclusion Covid speed up their warship building speed.
When these 052B destroyers were being built, the Jiangnan Shipyard was located in downtown Shanghai, just below the Lupu Bridge.
Thanks Capt 👍
BTW, the land-based 'Grizzly' variant of the Buk is known as the SA-17. It is an improvement on the Sa-11.
I have to check the date, nope it's not 2004. Did someone confuse Type 054B with Type 052B?
Couple of corrections. MTU is a German engine not Ukrainian. The 1163 diesels are German sourced. The Mineral radar also uses a lower frequency to achieve the ducting you referred to for the limited OTH performance. The lower frequency and longer refresh rate mean it’s not really suitable for anti missile detection. It’s a targeting system for the antiship missile battery more than anything else.
Thanks for the info, man!
I like how employing Universal wave and EM physics to reduce radar signatures is considered copying European design shapes.. I am sure its also copying when China uses high bypass Turbofan engines for their fighter jets.. They could have used a piston engine or something else..
Also most of this is not known for a fact.. And is simply open source info that you can definitely bet China has tampered with before we got it.. So take this info cautiously
I think we're fine with longer videos. If you add chapter markers we can remember what video we want to watch next.
Thank you so much for making these, I love your takes and views.
5:07 I'm just trying to be helpful, but Guangzhou is pronounced close to the sound Gwahng Joe. It is the name of the city which was referred to in English as Canton.
052B isn't even the best china's destroyer. That title should go to type 055. There are only like two active 052B ever built, while the rest of the destroyer force is dominated by 052D, which is a more advanced and sophisticated ship.
055 is a Cruiser masquerading as a destroyer. Way too big but it is Chinas best in my opinion.
@@rickjames18 then what's uss zumwalt classify as? and what about korean sejong the great? or japanese maya class?
@@fatdoi003 It isn't just the size/tonnage it is also based on capabilities and/or armaments. Also, not every country classifies ships the same.
Type 052B is close to 20 years old and wouldn't even compare favourably to China's last gen Type 054A frigate let alone Type 052D, 052DE, and Type 055, all of which were built in orders of magnitude greater numbers.
It's truely strange for someone to make a video about Type 052B in 2023, give it that video title, seems like someone saw news about Type 054B and couldn't tell 54 from 52.
@@rickjames18 Sure, now go compare their size, tonnage, and missile launchers and try to explain how 055 ain't a destroyer. Lmao.
In Arma 3 the type 52 B and C constantly kicking my arse on scenarios now i know why 😂
Dude I literally holler NEW SUB BRIEF JUST DROPPED every time I see a new video. Your videos bring me so much joy and even more knowledge!
What about 054B, 052Ds and 055B? Please make an analysis on them as well.
China's best destroyer is the Type-055, 8 in active service.
It's closest competitor is the Zumwalt which the U.S has 2 in active service, which have the same issues the LCS class had, they were built from aluminium.
It's not even the Type-055 the U.S has to worry about, it's their fast attack missile boats, Type-037, 67 in active service succeeded by the Type-022 which they have 82 in service.
When China launches their Type-055, Type-022's, Z-10's, DF-11's, at Taiwan and the 7th fleet (60-70ships), the U.S is done, they won't even need NK or Russia's assistance.
Yeah, china will take Taiwan in 3 days, right? I heard this somewhere
@@RuknaGeraltas Good news is you'll have plenty of opportunity to claim China failed to Taiwan in 3 days during the year long blockade.
Please do a video for 055 Type ship
Imo the Chinese CWIS looks like the UK goal keeper
The Goalkeeper CIWS is Dutch I believe...
@jpaulc441 I didn't really look who designed it ive mainly sewn it on UK ships, honestly I thought it would of been a BAE product
A good factual video for a 20 years old ship. surprisingly you can dig out all those info prior the Internet era
The lecture is so long it's almost as long as as the Type 52B itself 😅 Jk love the channel Aaron and thanks for all the information and the thoughtful, professional, and balanced manner in which you conduct yourself and this channel.
type b were built by Russia
What do you think about the new Chinese attack submarine Type 093B SSN? They just launched another one of those on Bohai Shipyard in Liaoning Province.
Potentially capable of building four boats every year. That is in addition to their existing massive surface vessel yard capacity (and capability), with everything they need locally produced. They have more capacity than the entire West by a very wide margin.
In fact they are capable of building and launching one every 4 months during peacetime.
Reports also say during wartime they can build and deploy many times this amount because of its module construction and modules are manufactured in various locations and transported to the shipyard.
China expanded its major inland sub-making shipyard to massive proportions.
There is nothing in the West that can compete with it.
@@ltribley Exactly the same methods they employ with commercial shipbuilding. Everything is modular, and the only purpose of the yards is to "assemble the construction kit". Also, by spreading construction out over a very large physical area of suppliers, effective damaging of their shipbuilding capacity becomes quite a challenge.
Didn't China just sink one of their subs, all hands lost minus a diver? :)
@@imgr5143i believe it is the same as iran shot down israeli F35.
Thanks Aaron!
Great as usual, Turkey. Question, there is no shaft generators on the DN80s so they can shut the diesels off when they are at sea?
Well, the 52 series are actually Frigates (albeit large ones), so as a multi-role Frigate this is perfectly capable. Be aware that the YJ-83 -KH variant is also being developed as a sea-launched version, with only a slight range reduction, and the possibility of mid-course correction via friendly assets.
052 series are destroyers, the 054 series are frigates
054 is frigate, however you can also consider 056 to be one as well as it's generally larger than western corvettes
China’s CoViD Zero Policy is STILL hampering their production!? Where did you hear that from? When did you hear that?
Groovy! 😅
What's the caliber of the CIWS? Thanks
prob 30mm if they following soviet style
Can u do a video on the type 55? I heard that they have hypies on it YJ something
Never forget, it's made in China. Chinese metallurgy is just that, not to mention it has Soviet electronics and propulsion.
I gotta wonder how much time there is before a CN intercept has an air-to-air f22 "accident". I can hear the C-Crews already; "we lost contact with the aircraft when it began a rapid decent."
More likely is F-22 loses contact because its 1990s tech doesn't even know it's been locked on by China's anti-stealth systems.
Literally overhyped hollywood plane that has no recorded kill in it's entire life time. Lmao.
the Point is they make their own
Isnt MTU is a German built engine? My dad used to talk about these engine on Indonesian navy ships.
He is talking about a Ukrainian 57,000 hp Turbine DN80 engines. Mtu obviously german.
Props for pronouncing Buk properly.
2:20 actually the shipyard was partly moved to Changxing island after around 2010, the other part(the originated one, used since 1950s) located inside Shanghai, about to the right of the "Shanghai" mark and is still being used today (to build type 052d and tyoe 075/076). It is said the old shipyard will move to Changxing Island in the coming years. BTW the own name of shipyard is "Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding", part of Jiangnan shipyard industry.
I was expecting a study on the 055....
He made one a year ago, apparently the quality was so poor that he deleted it himself later.😅 His explanation of surface ships is mostly amateurish, especially when it comes to Russian or Chinese.
The CIWS looks like Goalkeeper
Are chinese are aliens from different planet with different tech?
@andrean2247 what??
@@freedog632 its gatling strapped to radar housing. Its gonna similar to others.
@@andrean2247 I know what it is, but it looks like a ripoff of goalkeeper, externally anyway.
@@freedog632 its working model, so why not. 😄
These can only shoot at stuff 30km away?
Now I'm ready to see the type 052C
怎樣看055主力艦？
Michael ships of war she is designed for a specific function. To target a distroy an enemies assets and people with speed , accuracy and efficiency. She does not have the most highly advanced pice techo-terror . Even today a 18" gun can disintegrat an enemy with the speed and efficiency of aparticalbeam through air.
This one and Type 054 is the awkward design between the the obsolete last gen warship and the next/current gen stealthy VLS and AESA capable ships. Thats why they only build 2, and if you go over Type 051C that is an even more awkward ship which is not really necessary whatsoever.
054B just came out with new aesa radar.... 32VLS cells.... it has basic anti air, anti ship capabilities and anti sub is it's main mission...
Excellent!
@7:20, he says to 'keep an eye open for that 1200 rpm.' vis-a-vis the electric generating diesels providing hotel power...
Am I correct in my supposition that this is a sonarman thing? (I.e. listening to engines running at 1200 rpm could be an acoustic signature of these diesels running while the rest of the ship may be quiet, e.g. how prop rotations can likewise be counted and analyzed?)
If so, that is very cool. My grandfather flew P2Vs and has a ton of respect for the sonar guys.
This is a ship from... more than 20 years ago?？ And this is 20 years in China, which is equivalent to 50 years in the United States
isn't the Type 055 packs more firepower?
I think more VLS was work for anti air. Less vls ship packs more firepower.
@@andrean2247 No, Chinese VLS can fire anything from hot launch air/missile defence missiles to cold launch hypersonic ASMs, even Type 054A frigates which China stopped building last year arguably pack more firepower than Type 052B.
How do you even consider Type 052B the best Chinese destroyer? Their best destroyers are Type 052D and Type 055A, you should probably do more research. Furthermore you said 'zero covid' policy tampered with it's production, and you're very much wrong as 052B hasn't been produced for nearly 20 years now. And you can't put 052B and later variants to be in the same scale as apart from hull design they have nothing in common
You need to listen more closely. He was very clear at the beginning that the -052B is not the latest. Before you tell him to do more research, you should watch more of his videos to understand how much he knows (you could start by just watching this one with better attention). Zero-covid policy is affecting this shipyard today, not the production of this ship. Again, pay better attention. The title for this video is not pertaining to just this model (-052B) as this is just one part of many coming out, which will cover China's latest destroyers. He also made this clear in the first 60 seconds and again at the end.
And please, put your link here to the videos you are creating with your superior research.
@@BuergerPT and 052B is not the best destroyer in Chinese arsenal, it has been outclassed in every aspect by successor classes
MTU is from Friedrichshafen Germany , probably Ukraine bought these engines and then sold them to China. MTU purchased DETROIT DIESEL in 1998 from Rodger Penske FYI.
He is talking about a Ukrainian 57,000 hp Turbine DN80 engines. Mtu obviously german.
No,he talked about die Diesel as well, quote: „Maritime Diesel is a….MTU…again an Ukraine engine.“ Listen it up again, he got this wrong. As it is def a German engine.
@@Patrick-pm1sn (MotorTurbineUnion) MTU , after WW!! Germans started building both internal combustion engines and rocket engines . During the WW!! they were know as Maybach DIESEL
What happened to the 52d....or the 55.. classified destroyer but edging towards missile cruiser
and probably built at a fraction of the cost of a LCS lol
built by Russia, around 1.5 billions for 4ships.
so wrong@@weishi9804
Howcome no video on recent Chinese sub that sank
Wow they’re pretty warships
The irony of a shipyard with zero COVID policy building a ship named "The Wuhan"
So the shown capacity of 3600KW (3.6MW) for the Ukraine turbine isn't correct?
Type 730 CIWs I thought had been confirmed as stolen IP of the Dutch goal keeper CIWS system?
Was gonna say... that CIWS looks very familiar.
I see quite a bit of misinformation floating about in this comment section. Also, if you're going to claim to be discussing China's best destroyer you could, you know, discuss their best destroyer rather than a class from the early 2000's.
best? 052B? ? I was so scared that I quickly looked at the time of the video. After watching it, I was even more confused. . .
Isn’t mtu a German diesel engine?
WinMatch just had vid on the 3 new subs in China, the biggest to date in the world at least public.
China's ships are most fearsome because they have super weapons that no one is closed to, The price!!!!.
I see there's a new island off of Iwo Jima. How long before China claims it?
Ever heard about 055B?
Navy, targets and submarines.
Hi Winnie!
I thought MTU diesel engines were German made engines.
He is talking about a Ukrainian 57,000 hp Turbine DN80 engines. Mtu obviously german.
052B什么时候成了中国最先进的驱逐舰？052B是一个过渡性的产品，中国只建造了2艘。比052B更先进的052C也是过渡性产品，中国只建造了6艘。052D才是中国的主力驱逐舰，已经服役25艘，2024年还有9艘会服役，估计后面还会制造。
中国最先进的战舰是055，已经服役8艘，还有2艘在建造中。
I thought the best Chinese Destroyer is the type 055, no?
Yep 55 or 52D, he has a ship brief on the 55 (might be on RUclips?)
052 is roughly half the size of 055 (the armament).
For now yes, until 055A launches soon, he will get to it in the future coverge, he started with the obselete ships first
@@ZxZ239 I see, I also heard that the second batch of type 55 is currently being put together and they are fully electric power. Looking forward to hear about it more.
@@wangyaohan8824 052B and 052D might as well be completely different ships.
Yes hello, does anyone know why missiles are put on the bow of the ship……is it for buoyancy……if not is there a reason to put on the bow………just space?…….seems a stupid place to put missiles
The type 730 CIWS is a copy of Dutch Goalkeeper system, china bought 2 in 1980s then reverse engineered it.
Only 640 rounds for a CIWS?
It’s interesting they said Russias army was old and low tech as well! Now Russia is gaining ground in Ukraine! Against mostly NATO and US weapons
type 55 when?
Didn't mention the helo.
Is mtu not a german engine
I heard it's made from parts bought at Wal-Mart
Single-Rail launcher? Good Grief Charlie Brown. Thats like using a Bolt-Action rifle in CQB conditions of Stalingrad. We know those results.
Tofu Dreg Destroyer. Nuff said
China is a paper tiger. I have seen how they build homes for their own people. Why should I expect a higher standard for their armed forces?
So I particularly liked the American soldiers who patrolled the streets after the hurricane with fully armed.
Until they turned their rifles on me.🤣
Buy the cheapest you can find because you are cheap, of course its Made in China, it breaks with no suprise = CONFIRMTION EVERTHING CHINA MADE ARE CRAP!!!
Why don't you look at China's space program, they have among the safest record on earth. And I imagine they treat their military stuff with the same quality
My understanding is that the Type 055 is China's best destroyer, and possibly the best destroyer in the world.
Furthermore, my understanding is that the Type 052D (delta) is China's latest and greatest in this class.
You didn’t need to break up this into 3 “lectures”, but perhaps it was better for you financially? One 10 minute video well thought out lecture could have covered everything? Having said that, I do appreciate your efforts in researching & providing information.
dude 052b is definitely not the best destroyer in pla
Considering how tofu dreg projects are so widespread in chinese society i doubt things have changed constructing war ships.
No one knows how good until...
As a military anchor you should at least have some simple military knowledge, the 052B is a very old destroyer ....
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isn’t the best Chinese destroyer the Type 055?
This Type 52 B isn't China's best destroyer.. That would be the Type 52 D. Some say it's the Type 55, but that ship is more of a cruiser than a destroyer..
Indigenous weapon systems? Does this include the Tomahawk and Apache.
Any military products that china has been using are experiencing tofu engineering.😂😂😂😂
Misleading title. 052B isn't their best destroyer...
There are many people here overestimating China's naval capabilities. Sorry, but if you can't make semi conductors worth a damn, not to mention plastic, concrete, roads then you won't convince me that your navy is worth the materials you used to build it.
What criteria did you use to call the Type 52 series a "destroyer?"
AFAIK practically everyone classifies it as a frigate and the larger Type 55 as China's latest "destroyer" class although it borders on being so large that it could almost be called a "cruiserl"
US Navy calls the Type 51 and Type 52s as destroyers, never seen them called frigates. The type 55 is debatable about destroyer vs cruiser but I believe the Chinese call them destroyers
052 is destroyer, 054 is frigate, 055 is cruiser sized destroyer, 056 is corvette