Condell-class weapons

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

 

The 2 Condell-class ships we have have a couple of errors in their weaponry:

1. On either side of the hangar, there are 2 launchers for MM40 Exocet Block 1. Currently, these fire the RGM-84D Harpoon Block IC. The MM40 Block 1 has roughly half the range of the Harpoon (powered by a solid rocket motor as opposed to a turbojet) and a smaller warhead (165 kg HE as opposed to 221 kg penetrating blast-frag).
2. On top of the hangar there's currently a Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B (PSuM) CIWS. On real images this is actually a Mk 15 Phalanx Block 0, which looks like this (I believe this is an image taken from Invincible post Falklands):

Note the shorter, unclamped barrels, lack of Phalanx Thermal Imager and the smaller magazine.

Compared with the Block 1B, the Block 0:

• Has a lower rate of fire (3000 rpm as opposed to 4500 rpm)
• Has a smaller magazine (989 rounds as opposed to 1550 rounds)
• Takes far longer to reload (~30 minutes as opposed to <5 minutes)
• Lacks Phalanx Thermal Imager and so lacks surface-engagement capability (aerial targets only)
• Has a far smaller elevation range for the acquisition radar (0-5°) as opposed to 0-75° for Block 1 onwards.
• Has a smaller elevation range (-10°/+80° as opposed to -20°/+85°)
• Has a slower traverse rate (100°/s as opposed to 115°/s)
• Has a slower elevation rate (86°/s as opposed to 115°/s)
• Has shorter (1520 mm as opposed to 2000 mm), unclamped barrels (likely slower muzzle velocity and higher dispersion - though all Phalanx systems have the wrong dispersion in DCS), note that the current muzzle is inaccurate, even for the Block 1B.
• Fires Mk 149 APDS as opposed to the newer Mk 244 APDS (though, once again, all Phalanx systems fire the wrong rounds in DCS).

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Edited January 16, 2024 by Northstar98
Added reloading interval and elevation range of the acquisition radar