Claro, pero las Durand de La Penne ahora que las estoy mirando, ya están modernizadas:
ASPIDE 2000 con recarga automática
SM-1 MR en MK-13 upgradeable a SM-2 MR (el que tienen las Adelaide chilenas).
"Conceived as air defence destroyers, the primary anti-aircraft equipment, except the Albatros launcher and the guns, it is a single-arm Raytheon Tartar guided missile launching system (GMLS) Mk13 Mod 4 launcher for Standard SM-1MR (RIM-66E) surface-to-air missiles. Italian Navy has not replaced the SM-1MR (Medium Range) missiles with the newer and more advanced SM-2MR missiles despite some reports the last decade about a possible purchase by Italian Navy of this variant of Standard missiles after the New Threat Upgrade programme (NTU). NTU was a United States Navy program to improve the capability of ships equipped with Terrier and Tartar anti-aircraft systems. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, in July 2000, Italy requested a first batch of 50 SM-2MR (Block IIIA) missiles with weapon system components, four MK 74 Mod 15 (X-band) missile fire control systems, containers, test sets, systems, transmitters, modification kits, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, training, U.S. government and contractor technical assistance and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost was $135 million (U.S. Department of Defense, Release No: 440-00, July 24, 2000). The source reported that "Italy will use these missiles as replacements for older missiles currently in the Italian fleet. Italy, which already has Standard missiles in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing these additional missiles". However this purchase never took place. It can be confirmed on the Raytheon's website where the eight counties-users of the SM-2 are reported and Italy is not among them"
Otomat Mk2A Block IV y MILAS
Torpedos MU-90
Tienen sonar de casco, sonar remolcable de profundidad variable y decoy remolcable.
In the introduction it was mentioned that this type of destroyers can perform any kind of role given. And this is more than true. Except the anti-ship missiles, the guns, the two types of ASW weapons and anti-aircraft missiles, the ships are equipped with a comprehensive electronic equipment.
The destroyers are equipped with an AESN-Raytheon DE 1164LF hull-mounted sonar, and an AESN-Raytheon DE 1167LF integrated towed sonar array (VDS - variable depth sonar). An additional interface unit is provided to process the signals from the VDS array. This hull-mounted and VDS configuration provides the best ASW coverage in all water conditions. As a typical equipment the ships carry the
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoys. The system consists of a towed decoy device (TB-14A) and a shipboard signal generator. The decoy emits signals to draw a torpedo away from its intended target. In addition to the complete ASW electronic equipment, the ships of the class are equipped with the Elettronica SLQ-732 Nettuno integrated ECM/ESM which employs four stabilized radome-mounted antennas, SLC-705 jammers and COMINT intercept
Radar 3D italiano de largo alcance...
Doble Hangar...
Munición VULCANO !
the dual-purpose OTO Melara Compatto 127mm/54cal dated from the late '60s. The mounting has 66-ready-to-fire rounds in three drums located below the gun house. Each drum can hold a different ammunition type and each can be independently selected; the drums are automatically reloaded even while the gun is firing. The gun is capable to intercept air and surface targets at a distance of 7km and 15km respectively (24km maximum range) unleashing 45 rounds per minute weighting greater than 32kg each. Watch a video of the gun in action here. The previous month it was reported that the gun of destroyer Francesco Mimbellli has been upgraded with the VULCANO module (source). VULCANO system consists of four key sub-systems: the medium caliber 127/64 LW Gun assembly, the Automated Ammunition Handling System, the Naval Fire Control Support and the VULCANO family of ammunition. The system is intended for surface fire and naval gunfire support as main role and anti-aircraft fire as secondary role. The 127/64 LW - VULCANO is equipped with a modular feeding magazine, composed by 4 drums with 14 ready to fire ammunition each (56 in total), reloadable during firing, and highly flexible in terms of selection of ammunition, independently from their position in the drums. Ammunition flow is reversible as rounds can be downloaded automatically. The 127mm VULCANO ammunition family, is composed by Ballistic Extended Range (BER) and Guided Long Range (GLR) ammunition with different multifunctional fuses, sensor and final guidance that extend the range of the gun up to 100km. The rate of fire is 32rds per minute. General Purpose FREMMs are getting the highly Automated Ammunition Handling System for the 127/64 mm gun, which holds 350 127mm shells in addition to the 56 in the four reload drums of the gun turret.
Turbinas LM-2500, las más difundidas en el mundo ..
Aparte de dos diesel Grandi Motori Trieste bl-230-20 para navegación económica.
Fuente:
https://www.navalanalyses.com/2015/03/durand-de-la-penne-class-destroyers-of.html
Ese par de destructores serían un aporte a la ARA por donde se le mire.
Un saludo
