The Bangladesh Navy will get its first pair of Type 053H3 guided missile frigates direct from PLAN in 2018. More frigates of the same class will be purchased until BN takes delivery of the indigenously built frigates.
SAM: 1x 8-cell HHQ-7, Command to Line-Of-Sight (CLOS) + electro-optical tracking, 12 km slant range [3]
SSM: 2x 4-cell YJ-83, active radar homing, Mach 0.8 to 180 km range
Guns:
1x H/PJ-33A dual-100 mm/56-calibre, 18 rounds/minute, 8.5 km (against air target) or 15 km (against surface target) range [2]
2x Type 76A dual-37 mm AAA, 180 rounds/minute to 8.5 km range [10]
ASW:
2x 3-cell Type 7424 324 mm torpedo launcher. Yu-7 active/passive acoustic-homing, 45 kg warhead, 28 knots speed, 7.3 km range
2x 6-cell Type 87 240 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher, firing Type 81G rocket-propelled depth charge, 34 kg warhead, 1,200 m range [1]
2x depth charge racks and launcher
Radar:
1x H/LJP-345 SAM / main gun fire-control, J-band [4]
1x electro-optical director (EOD) for SAM target tracking [4]
1x H/LJQ-352 ‘Square Tie’ AShM fire-control [5]
1x H/LJQ-360 air/surface search, E/F-band [7]
1x Type 517H-1 ‘Knife Rest’ 2D long-range air search, A-band [8]
2x H/LJP-347G ‘Rice Bowl’ AAA fire-control, I-band [9]
2x Racal-Decca RM1290 navigation, I-band [6]
Sonar:
Unknown type hull-mounted medium-frequency for active/passive search and attack
Countermeasures:
WD-8 ‘Jug Pair’ interceptor
Type 981-3 jammer
SR-210 radar warning receiver
TM-053 laser warning receiver
HZ-100 electronic intelligence (ELINT) system
Type 651A IFF
2x Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrelled decoy flare/chaff launcher
Propulsion: CODAD
2x Shaanxi Diesel 18E390VA diesel producing 14,000 hp (17.6 kW)
2x MTU diesel producing 8,715 hp (6.5 MW)
Aviation: Stern flight deck and hangar to accommodate one Harbin Z-9C