B.

SHIPBOARD CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

u Guns
Note: The Russian twin AK-130 130-mm dual-purpose gun and AK-630 30-mm gatling
guns are carried by Sovremennyy-class guided missile destroyers.
130-mm 58-cal. DP: Chinese version of the twin mounting used on the now discarde
d
Kotlin-class destroyers of the Soviet Navy but without cross-level stabilization
.
Muzzle velocity: 900 m/sec. Rate of fire: 65 rds/min/mount
Arc of elevation: 15 to +85 Range: 28,000 m surface
100 mm 56 cal. DP single and twin: The standard single and twin 100 mm mounts
used on Chinese ships employ the gun developed in the 1930s for the Soviet Navy.
The
single mounts are a direct copy of the Soviet BU 34. The twin ENG 2 mountings ar
e
manned and have loading from belowdecks. Both versions can be locally controlled
.
Shell Weight: 13.5 kg Muzzle velocity: 850 m/sec.
Rate of fire: 15 rds/min/barrel Arc of elevation: 5 to +40
Range: 16,000 m (10,000 m effective)
100 mm 55 cal. DP twin: For the Luhai and Luhu class destroyers and Jiangwei
II class frigates, a new twin 100 mm automatic gunmount has been designed, proba
bly
employing operating concepts copied from one of the two French Creusot Loire
100 mm compact mounts purchased in the late 1980s. Estimated performance charact
eristics
are:
Muzzle velocity: 870 m/sec. Rate of fire: 20, 45, or 90 rds/min/barrel
Arc of elevation: 15 to +80
Range: 17,200 (12,000 max. effective; 6,000 m AA)