Mackensen-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Mackensen-class Guided Missile Destroyer is a recently developed class of stealth surface combatant utilitzed by the Bundesmarine. The first ship of the class entered service in 2005. There are six destroyers in this class. The Mackensen-class comparable in size to the JMSDF's Atago-class and the Royal Navy's Daring-class destroyers currently. The Mackensen-class is one of the largest destroyers to have stealth characteristics. They are named after World War I-era battlecruisers.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

Type: Multirole Destroyer
Service: 2005-Present
Specifications
- Length: 550 feet (167.64 meters)
- Beam: 68 feet (20.73 meters)
- Draft: 21 feet (6.40 meters)
- Displacement: 7,738 tons (Standard); 10,150 tons (Full Load)
Crew: 320
Propulsion: CODAG propulsion, 4 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 108,000 shp (81 MW)
Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
Speed: 30+ knots (55.56+ km/h)
Sensor Suite:
- Thales Nederland SMART-L D-Band Long Range Air/Surface Search Radar
- Thales Nederland APAR I-Band Air/Surface Search, Tracking/Guidance Radar
- Thales Nederland Sirius IRST Long Range IRST x 1
- STN Atlas 9600-M ARPA I/J-Band Navigation Radar x 2
- STN Atlas MSP 500 Electro-Optical Fire Control System x 1
- STN Atlas DSQS-24B Bow Sonar x 1
Countermeasures:
- FL 1800 S II ECM suite x 1
- Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher x 6
Armament
- 1 x Otobreda 127mm/64-caliber Lightweight naval gun (with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: over 99.78 km))
- 1 x Mk.41 mod 4 Vertical Launching System (2 x 48-cells) (fires RIM-67 SM-2ER, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162C ESSM, RIM-174 SM-6)
- 2 x Mk.141 SSM Launchers (fires RGM-84 Harpoon AShMs)
- 2 x Mauser MLG-27 27mm autocannons
- 2 x Mk.49 RAM Launchers (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
- 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact torpedoes)
Aviation Facilities: Facilities for two large helicopters, flight deck
Aircraft Carried: 2 x NHIndustries NH90 Sealion maritime helicopters

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

BMS Mackensen (D188)
BMS Derfflinger (D189)
BMS Hindenburg (D190)
BMS Moltke (D191)
BMS Von der Tann (D192)
BMS Goeben (D193)