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PLAN Type 052C Guided Missile Destroyer [WIP]

China’s Aegis, Forged at Sea

Note:
This mod includes sensors and weapon systems designed to showcase the combat capabilities of 2020-era surface combatants. Applying them jointly with the vanilla game content from the Cold War era may diminish the balance of gameplay. Use with caution.



WIP Features:

• New texture

The Type 052C guided missile destroyer is China's first indigenously developed modern air-defense destroyer equipped with phased array radar and a vertical launching system (VLS). With the launch of its lead ship, PLANS Lanzhou (170), in 2005, the PLAN surface fleet finally gained an effective and powerful aerial air-defense capability for far-seas fleet operations.

In the late 1980s, the PLAN began developing a new class of air-defense destroyers based on the Type 052 destroyer, featuring large phased array radar and long-range surface-to-air missiles. The design requirements stipulated that the ship’s phased array radar must possess an air search range of at least 300 kilometers and be capable of deploying the naval variant of the HQ-9 long-range air-defense missile to provide aerial air defense for future blue-water surface task forces. The development focused on:
· the large phased array radar system
· fully automated digital integrated combat system
· shipborne vertical launch system

Due to China’s prioritization of economic and social development in the 1990s, funding for defense research was limited, delaying development. As a stopgap, the PLAN launched the Type 052B destroyer with the Russian ‘Shtil’ missile system. By 2004, the phased array radar was finalized, forming the basis of the PLAN’s third-generation guided missile destroyer: the Type 052C.

With a full-load displacement of approximately 7,000 tons, the Type 052C’s hull is based on the Type 052 destroyer and uses a CODOG propulsion system, allowing 32 knots max speed and 4,000 nautical mile endurance at 18 knots. It’s a fully modernized platform capable of air defense, anti-surface, and anti-submarine warfare.


· H/LJG-346 ‘Sea Star’ Dual-Band AESA Radar
· H/LJQ-364 Low-Altitude Search Radar
· H/LJQ-517B Meter-Wave Long-Range Search Radar
· H/AJK-03 Vertical Launch System (48-cell)
· HHQ-9B Long-Range SAM
· H/PJ-12 30mm CIWS (x2)


· H/LJQ-366 Over-the-Horizon Surface Search Radar
· H/LJP-344A Main Gun Fire Control Radar
· YJ-62 Anti-Ship Missiles (8 total)
· H/PJ-87 100mm Naval Gun


· H/SJD-9 Medium-Frequency Hull Sonar
· H/SJG-206 Towed Array Sonar
· Type 7424B ASW Torpedo Launchers (x2)
· H/SJK-562 Acoustic Countermeasure System


· Two-Way Data Link
· H/ZKJ-5 Integrated Combat System
· H/RJZ-726 EW Suite
· H/RJZ-726-4 Multi-Purpose Decoy Launcher
· IR-17 EO/IR Surveillance System


· Type 052C destroyer (mid-life upgrade configuration)
· Accurate 3D model and paint scheme
· Realistic weapon and ammo models
· Balanced weapon performance
· Complete system descriptions


· Powerful air search and defense capabilities
· Strong defense against sea-skimming threats
· Limited anti-submarine warfare capability


3D Model Source:
Type 052C Chinese Navy Destroyer (Lvyang II class) – CGTrader[www.cgtrader.com]

Required Dependency:
SeaLifter
Bilibili installation guide: Click here[www.bilibili.com]
Youtube installation guide: Click here

Contributors:
3D Models & Textures: @sebase11, @misaka, @Kevin DDSSTT
Research & Documentation: @SquadronLeaderMartin
Special Thanks: @Kevin DDSSTT for texture support!

Produced by the Sea Power China Beta Testing Team