Tank131
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The issue is the weaponry. That is why i have been saying the quad packed medium range missile is so important. They are force multipliers because they enable better defense while freeing up space for more offensive weapons. If you look at the Gremyashchiy class 2500t corvette they are brimming with firepower. They carry 8 Kalibr LACM/AShM in VLS upfront and they have two 8 celk vls in the back for Redut (naval redut is th 9m96e with 60km range and is quad packable which means they could theoretically carry up to 64 Medium range missiles) and they still have 2 AK-630 CIWS. That is all thanks to the quad packablity of the SAM. I think thr Type 054 could be a similar beast with evem more firepower but the right weaponry isnt available. Having a quad packed medium range SAM (maybe based on DK-10) would enable you to free up 16 VLS cells up front (while still having 64 medium ranged SAMs). While already carrying 6-8 AShM/LACM in the current location, you could get an additional weapons such as long range SAMs, ASROCs, or more ASHM/LACM in those vls. Personally i would put 10 long range SAM like Hq-9 and then 6 AROC while maintaining 8 AShM/LACM in the middle of the ship as currently structured.Bro, this is exactly what our navy is doing right now, just take a look at Type 056, Type 054A as an example, even some Chinese military fans complained about the lack of fire power on the Type 056 and Type 054A when they compared them with Russian convertte.
I can't say the same for Russian though as they are currently only building converrte and frigate so armed them to the teeth seems to be the only option.
-6-8 Harba
-10 HQ-9 if PN could get them
- 6 CY-5 Asroc
- 64 quad packed medium ranged SAM
- torpedos
- 2 Type 1130 CIWS (with addition of 6 HQ-10 each (total 12 missiles).
That is a good volume of firepower fkr a 4000t ship.