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The German Parliament approves a deal for 6 frigates in favor of Egypt with credit guarantees
"Bild" newspaper reported that the budget committee of the German parliament on Wednesday approved the provision of credit guarantees for the export of 6 frigates to the Egyptian naval forces, worth 2.3 billion euros.
According to the newspaper, the contract with the Egyptian navy - backed by the federal government - includes 6 frigates, including 3 model "MEKO-A200" from the company "ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems TKMS."
The lengths of the frigates are estimated at 120 meters and their displacement is 3,400 tons each, and the contract includes armament consisting of guided missiles and torpedoes (without mention of species).
https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/...lliarden-deal-mit-aegypten-61027674.bild.html
MEKO® A-200 Frigate
The MEKO® A-200 follows the famous MEKO® 200 series in a long line of general-purpose frigates. A fighting ship capable of full 4-dimensional warfare (AAW, ASW and ASuW, BCW), the MEKO® A-200 is also designed for sustained operations across the full spectrum of general missions and tasks: patrol and interdiction, support of special force operations, SAR, and humanitarian operations.
The MEKO® A-200 is a perfect example of the innovative propulsion, stealth and survivability design, robust sea keeping and all-weather boat and helicopter operability that characterize frigates from thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. Fully proven with four units operational in the demanding Southern Ocean, additional units are now being built for the Mediterranean, demonstrating the worldwide operating flexibility of these versatile ships.
This frigate features the revolutionary CODAG-WARP (water jet and refined propellers) propulsion system: two CPP propeller shafts driven by cross-connectable diesel engines plus a center-line, gas turbine-driven water jet, combining the power of each drive in the water with no need for a combining gearbox. This arrangement allows for extremely quiet acoustic signatures, a high degree of propulsion redundancy, and damage survivability. In the diesel-only mode this propulsion arrangement is also an extremely economic solution, as a single engine can drive both shafts for speeds of up to 18 knots. In other words, these frigates will spend most of their service lives running on just one engine.
Other outstanding features include the greatly reduced radar, IR, acoustic and magnetic signatures:
- Very low radar cross-section thanks to X-Form shell design, extensive bulwark screening of exposed equipment, flush-closing shell doors, and RCS-net screening of all shell openings
- Exceptionally low IR signatures through the lack of a funnel, all combustion engines exhausting horizontally on or below the waterline with active cooling, and a shell cooling system
- Ultra-quiet signatures thanks to small, light propellers and aft-sighting of propulsion machinery combined with a forefoot skeg
Technical Data:
Main dimensions
Length o.a.
121.0 m
Beam max.16.3 m
Draught4.4 m
Displacement (approx.)3,700 t
Speed max.>29 kn
Range7,200 nm/16 kn
Propulsion plant
CODAG WARP2 x CPP + 1 x water jet
CODAG (COmbined Diesel And Gas)2 x MTU 16V 1163 TB93
WARP1 x GE LM 2500 GT
Complement
Crew100-120
Supernumerary50
Weapons
127 or 76 mm Main Gun1
30 - 40 mm Secondary Guns2
12.7 - 20 mm Cannons2
Surface to Surface Missiles8
Surface to Air Missile VL Cells32
ASW Torpedo Tubes2
Sea MinesAircraft
5 t helicopters2
UAVs2
Sensors
S-Band Navigation1
X-Band Navigation1
Helicopter Control Radar1
3D Surveillance/Targeting Radar1
Fire Control Radars2
Electro-Optical Tracker1
Hull Mounted Sonar1
Towed Array Sonar1
Anti-Diver Sonar1
ESM System1
Countermeasures
Torpedo Decoy Launchers2
EM/IR Decoy Launchers 2
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