Corvette Braunschweig (F 260)

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The upcoming K130 Braunschweig class (sometimes Korvette 130) will be Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They will supplement the Fast Attack Craft that are currently used but not particularly well suited for this mission. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1365, 612 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German Navy Corvette Stealth ship Braunschweig class corvette Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1365, 612 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German Navy Corvette Stealth ship Braunschweig class corvette Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ... S71 Gepard, Gepard class fast attack craft A Fast Attack Craft (FAC) (German: Schnellboot) is a small (150 to 400 tonnes), fast (up to ca. ...

They will feature reduced radar and infrared signature ("stealth" beyond the Sachsen class frigate) and should have been equipped with two helicopter UAVs for remote sensing. The UAV program has been delayed indefinitely, but the Braunschweig will be fitted with a small hangar and a helo pad nonetheless. The UAV is still planned and will probably be developed jointly by the German Navy and the German Army. The hangar is too small for standard helicopters, but the pad is large enough for Sea Kings, Lynx or MH-90s, the helicopters of the German Navy. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The F124 Sachsen class is Germanys latest class of frigates. ... The £124 million Taranis UAV built by BAE Systems An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft with no onboard pilot. ... German frigate Karlsruhe rescuing shipwrecked people off the coast of Somalia while participating in the international anti-terror operation ENDURING FREEDOM, April 2005 The Laboe Naval Memorial for sailors who lost their lives at sea during the World Wars and while on duty at sea and U 995 Modern air... The German Army (German: [1], [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ... The Westland Lynx is a helicopter designed by Westland and built at Westlands factory in Yeovil, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ... The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by Agusta, Eurocopter and Stork Fokker Aerospace. ...

The planned program of the Polyphem missile system - optical fiber-guided missiles with a range of 60 km - was canceled in 2003. Instead, the RBS 15 will be mounted. While the RBS15 has a much greater range (200 km, after upgrade up to 400 km) it lacks the ECM-resistant video feedback of the Polyphem and is also just too large (and too expensive) for most targets. Polyphem-S missile The Polyphem is a proposed light-weight fibre-optic wire-guided surface-to-surface missile with a range of 60 km. ... The RBS15 is a anti-ship missile developed by the Swedish company Bofors (now Saab Bofors Dynamics) and will be also produced by Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik of Germany. ... The RBS 15 (Robot System 15) is a long-range fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile. ... Inspecting an AN/ALQ-184 Electronic Attack Pod Electronic countermeasures (ECM) are a subsection of electronic warfare which includes any sort of electrical or electronic device designed to fool radar, sonar, or other detection systems like IR (infrared) and Laser. ...

The German Navy is seeking a replacement for the Polyphem missile and also has ordered the RBS 15 Mk. 4 in advance, which will be a future development of the Mk. 3 with increased range and a dual seeker.

Specifications

• Length: 89.12 m
• Width: 12.80 m
• Displacement: 1840 t
• Propulsion: 2 diesel-engines, 7.4 MW each, driving 2 controllable pitch propellers
• Speed: >26 kn
• Range: over 2500 nmi at 15 kn
• Endurance: 7 days (without tender), 3 weeks (with tender)
• Sensors
  • TRS-3D multifunction radar
  • 2 navigation radars
  • MSSR 2000 i IFF system
  • MIRADOR electro-optical sensors
  • UL 5000 K ESM suite
• Communications: Link 11 and Link 16
• Armament
  • 1 76 mm gun
  • 2 MLG 27 mm autocannons
  • 2x 21 cell RAM launcher
  • 2x 2 cell launcher with RBS-15 Mk. 3 surface-to-surface missiles
  • mine laying capability
• Countermeasures
  • 2 TKWA/MASS decoy launcher
  • UL 5000 K ECM suite
• Helopad and Hangar (too small for manned helicopters)
• Complement: 1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted

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Ship list

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The five ships will form the Korvettengeschwader (corvette squadron) of the Einsatzflotille 1 (Flotilla 1) and their home port will be Warnemünde on the Baltic Sea. Warnemünde is a sea resort and district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, situated at the Baltic Sea in the Northeast of Germany at the estuary of the river Warnow. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. ...

A second batch with at least five ships (probably with varying equipment and armament) is planned from 2008 on.

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References

• Korvette Braunschweig-Klasse @ Marine (official homepage of the German Navy)

See also

• Sea Shadow (IX-529)  United States
• USS Independence (LCS-2)  United States
• USS Freedom (LCS-1)  United States
• Sea Fighter  United States
• La Fayette class frigate  France
• Visby class corvette  Sweden
• F125 class frigate  Germany
• Sachsen class frigate  Germany