K-Xeroid
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PN seriously lacks surface combatants.........Type 21s are joke. They were taken out by Argentine A4s in 1982.......this is 2012.......30 years....WTF!
TARIQ CLASS ARMAMENTS
1 × Vickers 4.5 in (114 mm)/55 Mk.8 AS/AA gun (25rds/min to 22km/11.9nmi)
1 × Vulcan 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (3000rds/min to 1.5km)
Harpoon SSMs
LY-60 SAMs
Wire-guided Bofors Type 43 torpedoes
Mark 46 torpedoes
Type 21 ARMAMENTS
1 x 4.5 in (114 mm) Vickers Mark 8 gun
2 x 20 mm Oerlikon guns (later increased to 4)
1 x 4-rail launcher for GWS-24 Sea Cat
2 x 8-barrelled Knebworth Corvus countermeasures launchers
later additions;
4 x launchers for MM38 Exocet surface-surface missiles
2 x 12.75" (324mm) 3-tube STWS-1 anti-submarine torpedo launchers
Upgradations and installments by PN in Tariq class have increased their capability , They are still useful in case of war.