Braunschweig-class Corvette

The K130 Braunschweig-class corvette (sometimes Korvette 130) is Germany's newest class of ocean-going corvettes. They supplement the Gepard-class fast attack craft that are currently used.

Specifications

 * Type: Corvette
 * Service Period: 2008-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 292 feet 5 inches (89.13 meters)
 * Beam: 43 feet 7 inches (13.28 meters)
 * Draft: 11 feet 2 inches (3.4 meters)
 * Displacement: 2,027.2 tons
 * Crew: 65 (1 commander, 10 officers, 16 chief petty officers, 38 enlisted)
 * Endurance: 7 days
 * Propulsion: MTU 20V 1163 TB 93 diesel engines producing 14.8MW, driving two controllable-pitch propellers
 * Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,408 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 26 knots (48.15 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * TRS-3D multifunction radar
 * 2 navigation radars
 * MSSR 2000 IFF system
 * MIRADOR electro-optical sensors
 * UL 5000 K ESM suite
 * Link 11 and Link 16 communications
 * Countermeasures:
 * 2 x TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launcher
 * L 5000 K ECM suite
 * Armament:
 * 1 x Otobreda 76mm/L62 Super Rapid naval gun
 * 2 x Mauser MLG-27 27mm autocannons
 * 4 x RBS.15 anti-ship missiles
 * 2 x Mk.49 CIWS (fires (RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x Camcopter S-100

Unit Run

 * BMS Braunschweig (K260)
 * BMS Magdeburg (K261)
 * BMS Erfurt (K262)
 * BMS Oldenburg (K263)
 * BMS Ludwigshafen am Rhein (K264)