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you said a conflicting statement" it hasn't proven to be cost effective, an "is a cost-effective solution ( really you brushed over rather quickly the whole idea of it...
*_It seems that this frigate is in the plans of the powerful Peruvian Navy that wants six Multirol ships and they will be built entirely in SIMA, the best shipyard in the South Pacific 😎👍_*
Export name is the arrow head 140, intellectual property rights where transferred to Babcock in the UK and is being exported to Poland and Indonesia as well as 5 general purpose type frigates for the royal navy called the type 31 or inspiration class
As you said, it would be more accurate to talk about Type 31. However, in our opinion, since the main feature is StanFlex, we chose to treat the Type 31 as a separate warship, even though it is based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class.
Just a slight correction. The Iver Huitfeldt-class may have lost to the Type 26 Global Combat Ship in Australia and Canada but a modified variant HAS been chosen by the Royal Navy as their Type 31, construction of which has just started in Rosyth. Furthermore this modified variant has also been recently chosen by the Polish Navy; (although the configuration has not been confirmed).
As you said, it would be more accurate to talk about Type 31. However, in our opinion, since the main feature is StanFlex, we chose to treat the Type 31 as a separate warship, even though it is based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class.
Totally agree with you . I would say the design is very successful as it it exported to Poland , Philippines Get your informations right Indonesia is ordering the Type31 version of this frigate
@@WeaponDetective Seeing as the video WAS about the Iver Huitfeldt-class it was right that you concentrated on that. However, I was surprised that you did not mention in passing that the Type 31 currently being built for the UK WAS based on the concept. And, as it had been adopted with a different configuration, it was proof of the flexibility of the basic design concept.
@@paultanton4307 As I wasn't sure what designs had been part of the competition I didn't feel justified in querying that point. However... If you watch the following video about the future digital shipyard at Osborne, Adelaide, South Australia you will see that the ships being built there ARE Iver Huitfeldts: th-cam.com/video/CxCw5dxkiHs/w-d-xo.html So it is possible they WERE considered early on but eliminated very quickly.
in post 2020 a larger improved Iver Huitfeldt class is very much needed . . . a fleet of 8 brand new Iver Huitfeldt II class 6,832 ton (8,205 ton loaded) stealth guided missile multi mission advanced warfare frigate powered by iSMARTFuelCell® e-HYBRId™ M-HEP system . . . unit cost €463 Mn - €530 Mn (approx) . . . the Iver Huitfeldt II class will be armed with a 38-cell SYLVER A70 VLS built into the forward bow section of the main deck, in between the front 82 mm SuperRapido® deck gun & superstructure . . . a second 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS in the aft upper stern section superstructure . . .
The fregat design forms the basis for the type 31 Fregat and Polands future fregat. It also would be a great solution for the 11 fragats Australia needs for the future to make up for the reduced total of Hunter fragats, just like it happened in the UK to type 26. So all in all a very good fregat and a great value. Also considering the weapons load out with a 32 cell MK41VLS, 24 ESSM, and 16 surface to surface missiles
As the Type-31 is based off Iver’s hull, it would be interesting for the comparison to the USN’s upcoming Constellation-class frigate. It’s definitely more stealthy in design compared to the Constellation. It’s faster. Longer operational range. Not as big. Less crew required. Less capacity of aircraft. I believe the Constellation has better armament options (with the ability to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles & Naval Strike Missile).
not quite true what they say in this video. The new English Type 31 Frigats are Iver Huitfeld Class Frigates, however the Type 31is with less weapon capacity, and slightly less speed 25 knots, Iver Huitfeldt is officially 28+ knots, it is however measured at quite a bit more. and the new type 32 might also be danish, namly the Danish Absolon Frigate class
It is far from genius. Debugging plug& play systems is raising the cost of testing all possible combination of components. So if they save costs, it is only because components are not complete or not tested enough.
@@krzysztofbosak7027 It is a very well tested system, nearly 40 years old by now, and it's freaking awesome. Each module comes with separate operation interfaces, and if modules have to connect on certain tasks, it's no different than if you have two ships with each their systems that need to collaborate on a task - so there's no bugs to worry about.
@@gorillaguerillaDK This is bullshit, because command centre differs a lot in costs, same for radar requirements. You can't plug stuff in and out and get top performance. But you can get average prformance for many roles, at costs of introducting moduler system.
What Stanflex said: If you make a simple enough interface, you can make a module system that can do several useful things. What the US Navy heard when making LCS: If you make a complicated enough module system, you can make a ship do *everything.*
Iver Huitfeldt-class is the basis of the RN Type 31 frigate - with Type 31 contracts for the Polish Navy and the Indonesian Navy - so 4 Navies will use the basic hull.
I helped build these vessel. The 2 propeller shafts made by Thüssen Krupp are made of Duplex steel which is rust free and almost non magnetic due to mines. They are powered by MTU engines. With the advanced misiles of today it’s better to have redundancy in form of more smaller cost effective vessels than few large ones.
Another positive for the "lego" concept is also that your enemy has to plan for all your possible configurations. Getting your enemy to split resources and focus, while increasing ambiguity is not a bad result.
Fighting in the danish straits and the near Baltic sea means the ships would be very close to a danish port. Minimal accommodation was also fitted on the ships to stay around Denmark, they did not expect to stay long…
The "LEGO"-concept is actually great for keeping uptime at a max. If a containerized system has a malfunction it can be replaced in 60 minutes. The ship then steams back to sea to perform its duties while repairs are being made on land. It's not only weapon systems that can be utilized in the containers also cranes, SigInt/Elint, anti pollution and other functions. I was in the Danish Navy in the early nineties where it was part of standard readiness training to go to a small random port. A truck and a land based mobile crane would show up and we would swap containers as fast as possible.
These modules neither house weapons nor targeting equipment nor movement related equipment. A ship that loses any of those, including the Lego one, is out of combat.
@@LuqmanHM We have not been able to find any data that a StanFlex-like design will be used on British and Polish ships. Only for possible Indonesian vessels such information is circulating. Our video focuses exclusively on the Iver Huitfeldt class with the floating Lego-concept. Although the Type 31 class has the same hull, we think that it deserves to be treated as a separate class. That's why we plan to make a separate Type 31 video. Of course, it would be better if we talked about the Type 31 in this video. But we don't think it's a big enough mistake to require us to remove the video.
For anyone curious as to why these ships have a pair of OTO 76mm guns forward the simple answer is cost; these were already in the inventory from decommissioned STANFLEX 300 vessels.
@@MFitz12 Yes. I know. But new ammunition has made the 76mm more relevant today. I know different types have been tested. But we probably haven't bought any.. Yet.
I like these Danish Frigates because of their conceptional flexibility. We see in Ukraine, that tasks can change into the mid range of a conflict. And transforming a frigate to special Danish naval tasks: It makes a difference, if you prepare for lonesome action at the eastcoasts of Greenland in November, or you act shoulder to shoulder with a crowd of allied ships, planes, submarines e.g. somewhere in the Swedish Bouhuslän Summer-Labyrints :) And I always mention the size of radars :) I felt far more safe, when the Danish sent one of their Frigates more easterly into the Baltics, when the russian attacks on Ukraine began... I felt: They would realize every `little game` by the Russians right from the beginning, adding Data to satellite- and Awacs-research for our Nato for precise predictions... I once heard about our actual German Frigate-Generation: When one of them leaves Wilhelmshaven, it got the whole flight-traffic of London as well as Frankfurt on its screens... at the same time :) I am not a naval professional... but this imagination helped me to understand a bit better, what these modern vessels are capable of. Therefore my `ahoi` to our Danish friends: well done, observing the land of the Rus a bit closer... Thank you :)
Hope you can make a video about the Iver's derivatives, the Type 31 and the Arrowhead 140 I have some information about the Indonesian version of the warship in steve's reply section
It's unusual to see two forward 76mm gun turrets. Actually it's wise for just redundancy. But it's a real intimidation factor. Smart and increases combat survival, also gives confidence to crew members the navy is capable thinking outside the box.
A beautiful ship! The superfiring gun adds immensely to the attractiveness. 🙂 As you described the STANFLEX capabilities, I couldn't help but consider how they seem to avoid the US Navy's problems.
they use STANdard sizes(10foot 20foot modules which only difference from a standard container is the height and use) so these can be transfered by any ship/train/truck and all danish ships from the Diana Class(Patrol) to Iver Huitfeldt(Frigate) use the system the Thetis class(Also called the Stanflex 3000 should have been 3000 tons is 3500 tons) is from 1988 and were one of the first using the modules The US Navy was offered both the IH class and the Stanflex system but turned them down as they were not durable enough for the US Navy or something like that
Always ( weapon detective) channel are sharing a wonderful videos about weapons...including this excellent video about Danmark nevagation superior characteristics piece ( Iver Huitfeldt- class frigate)...which operated in patrol tasks and anti aircraft's also its found in three small Baltic states...video clearly explained all.its powerful capabilities....it's progressives versions found in Australia ,Indonesia other countries ..thanks for sharing...
I have noticed that commentary in this video stated that this class hasn’t had any export success. This is at odds with the fact that the Type 31 is based on the Arrowhead 140 hull design that is a direct derivative of the Iver Huitfeldt class. Please correct me if I am wrong but I had heard that Babcock has also recently been able to export the Type 31 design to south east Asia.
Swap out the 2 8 cell stanflex harpoon modules for 2 more 12 cell essm(or sea captor)so you get 48 instead of 24, use the 32 cell vls for the future cruise and anti ship missile, possibly asroc,lrasm and tomahawk and the Iver Huitfeldt would make a great strike frigate concept for the type 32 follow on to the type 31 with the same self defence capability as the type 26 and a dedicated role in anti shipping and land strike role so the type 26 can stick its vls full of asrocs . Would like to keep the 76mm and 35mm instead of the 57 and 40 on the type 31, they are more mature anti missile weapons with DART, airburst ammunition and land attack cabability with the 76mm vulcano
Excellent video. I love this ship. I think the Turkish Nany should consider the design of the flexible Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate for its TF-2000 Project. . I hope you will also make a video for the Absalon-class.
the iver Huitfeldt-class frigate is based on the Abselon class, that were one of the ways too keep down costs. soo its not like there is a shit load more to tell about the abselon,
@@lasselund1643 Lol. The Absalon-class can carry three large helicopters (two hangars + platform) and an army of seven Leopard main battle tanks and storebro speedboats.
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Maybe it would help a bit if we renamed it to a destroyer - the only reason why it's a frigate is that we don't in Danish have a word for "destroyer-type"-ships, but the word "Frigate" (Fregat) is hundreds of years old..
The aspect that I like about modular systems is that you can swap out a defective or damaged system with a replacement module. . Which basicly means that you can do maintenance on a module on land and within hours of a unit being alongside you can swap out a module that's faulty or requiring deep maintenance ... thus reducing alongside time and likelihood of failure in operation... Also the fact that an absalon frigate can deploy a mexifloat roll an MBT onto it and put this ashore almost anywhere is well beyond the ability of most dedicated amphib ships...
The ship yard has closed. It was owned by Mærsk, he probably had a wish for a stronger Danish navy and the option of protection for his ships may also have paid a role.
The Royal Canadian Navy places Atlantic ASW at its top priority and Type 26 is an expensive but specialist ASW hull. It's hardly surprising that Canada chose Type 26 for the CSC programme.
The Danish defense budget will also increase to 2% from 1,3 I think? around there. The politicians said that the money would be spent amongst other things, new frigates. they have not said any specifics though if they would be a Iver Huitfeldt class, or an entirely new class instead.
The radar installations on some of the Danish frigates, also play part in the US missile defense umbrella. That's why when one of the frigates was scheduled for maintenance in a Baltic state, the US Government in kind asked the Danish Government to cancel that contract, of fear of the Russians sniffing around.
The US tried the lego concept with the littoral-class frigate, but was unable to handle the additional complexity that the interchangeable parts demanded. Really unfortunate as it would've potentially been a cost-saver if they'd been able to reduce the number of hulls without reducing mission readiness.
but Indonesia chose AH140 from England which was modified with the Iver Danish and SIGMA Class designation assisted by Turkiye and Germany and became a red white Class frigate ( frigate Merah putih) Which is now being built at PT PAL SURABAYA INDONESIA
Really great description of what the ships are used for and what makes them unique. Also a great explanation as to why they haven’t seen much commercial succes. Clearly a lot of work went into making this video and you didn’t just read the wiki page. Well done!
We focused on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate with the floating Lego concept in this video. We will make a video for specifically for the Type 31 class.
Through Babcock marketing the Arrowhead 140 concept,of which the Type 31 is related ,there is enough difference in lineage to separate those from the original IH Design.
@@Endurer92 I need SM6, Tomahawk Harpoon and ESSM! I have no clue - well that not entirely correct - but I won't say here what they have - what they have loaded up!
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It's weired why not many nation adopted this concept/design instead going for much smaller yet more expensive option like the French Gowind or German Meko. Such stupidity IMO
Because they are better. This is slow and not heavily armed. The low price is because they equipped it with old guns. This ship is good looking but didn't increased Danish navy capabilities.
@@marpagapal3312 the Iver Huitfeldt has 56 anti air missiles, 2x 76mm super ripid guns, a 35mm millennium CIWS, upto 16 block 2 harpoons, and the ability to fire tomahawk cruise missiles, how exactly is that not classed as heavily armed?
You can add more via Stanflex modules. This is just standard outfit for patrolling danish waters. The primary anti-air defense is the medium-range Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles and area defence missiles SM-2 IIIA.
It may be because the British always comes out with great designs... Take the new British aircraft carriers as an example. They have put two islands on the carrier. This has many benefits to design change. Now South Korea has designed their own aircraft with two islands and will probably become standard for all new aircraft carrier designs 😀
What do you base this on? Yes the cannons are older/smaller caliber but works well for self protection and for anti-air. However it has a larger missile loadout and same speed as the 23, plus more range? Anyway the Type 23 is older, so it’s a bit weird to compare these two classes?
@@MrGoodSpoon type 23 is older but had the same armament as this frigate. Harpoon missiles, ESSM anti air missiles. A cannon, 2 triple torpedo launchers and a not very capable CIWS. The same armament. This frigate looks a lot better but the British one is quite faster, 29 VS 32-34 knots. Even the radar rotating radar it's the same.
We just focused on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate with the floating lego concept in this video. We will prepare a distinct video for the Type 31-class.
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The Royal navy is building 5 of them and poland will build 3 and Indonesia will build 2, its called the type 31.
You have great script and editing, but the poor microphone and bad audio really takes away from the videos.
you said a conflicting statement" it hasn't proven to be cost effective, an "is a cost-effective solution ( really you brushed over rather quickly the whole idea of it...
*_It seems that this frigate is in the plans of the powerful Peruvian Navy that wants six Multirol ships and they will be built entirely in SIMA, the best shipyard in the South Pacific 😎👍_*
Well this videos out of date. The RN T31 is a derivative of the Iver Huitfeldt. Variants of it have also now been picked by Indonesia & Poland.
Export name is the arrow head 140, intellectual property rights where transferred to Babcock in the UK and is being exported to Poland and Indonesia as well as 5 general purpose type frigates for the royal navy called the type 31 or inspiration class
As you said, it would be more accurate to talk about Type 31. However, in our opinion, since the main feature is StanFlex, we chose to treat the Type 31 as a separate warship, even though it is based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class.
@@WeaponDetective fair enough but I think the type 31 should of got a mention when you were talking about export orders.
@@steve-iw2bg Yes, our mistake. sorry
Don’t be sorry! Great video
@@steve-iw2bg no, as it is not the same ship.
Type 31 uses this frigate hull, that's just it.
Just a slight correction.
The Iver Huitfeldt-class may have lost to the Type 26 Global Combat Ship in Australia and Canada but a modified variant HAS been chosen by the Royal Navy as their Type 31, construction of which has just started in Rosyth. Furthermore this modified variant has also been recently chosen by the Polish Navy; (although the configuration has not been confirmed).
As you said, it would be more accurate to talk about Type 31. However, in our opinion, since the main feature is StanFlex, we chose to treat the Type 31 as a separate warship, even though it is based on the Iver Huitfeldt-class.
Totally agree with you . I would say the design is very successful as it it exported to Poland , Philippines Get your informations right Indonesia is ordering the Type31 version of this frigate
@@WeaponDetective Seeing as the video WAS about the Iver Huitfeldt-class it was right that you concentrated on that. However, I was surprised that you did not mention in passing that the Type 31 currently being built for the UK WAS based on the concept. And, as it had been adopted with a different configuration, it was proof of the flexibility of the basic design concept.
The IH Design didn't lose out to the Type 26 in Australia because it wasn't even in the competition.
@@paultanton4307 As I wasn't sure what designs had been part of the competition I didn't feel justified in querying that point.
However...
If you watch the following video about the future digital shipyard at Osborne, Adelaide, South Australia you will see that the ships being built there ARE Iver Huitfeldts:
th-cam.com/video/CxCw5dxkiHs/w-d-xo.html
So it is possible they WERE considered early on but eliminated very quickly.
in post 2020 a larger improved Iver Huitfeldt class is very much needed . . . a fleet of 8 brand new Iver Huitfeldt II class 6,832 ton (8,205 ton loaded) stealth guided missile multi mission advanced warfare frigate powered by iSMARTFuelCell® e-HYBRId™ M-HEP system . . . unit cost €463 Mn - €530 Mn (approx) . . . the Iver Huitfeldt II class will be armed with a 38-cell SYLVER A70 VLS built into the forward bow section of the main deck, in between the front 82 mm SuperRapido® deck gun & superstructure . . . a second 16-cell SYLVER A70 VLS in the aft upper stern section superstructure . . .
The fregat design forms the basis for the type 31 Fregat and Polands future fregat. It also would be a great solution for the 11 fragats Australia needs for the future to make up for the reduced total of Hunter fragats, just like it happened in the UK to type 26. So all in all a very good fregat and a great value. Also considering the weapons load out with a 32 cell MK41VLS, 24 ESSM, and 16 surface to surface missiles
Neat! ^^
Mission Modules done right.
I hope you do the DAMEN sigma class frigate
As the Type-31 is based off Iver’s hull, it would be interesting for the comparison to the USN’s upcoming Constellation-class frigate. It’s definitely more stealthy in design compared to the Constellation.
It’s faster. Longer operational range. Not as big. Less crew required. Less capacity of aircraft. I believe the Constellation has better armament options (with the ability to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles & Naval Strike Missile).
not quite true what they say in this video. The new English Type 31 Frigats are Iver Huitfeld Class Frigates, however the Type 31is with less weapon capacity, and slightly less speed 25 knots, Iver Huitfeldt is officially 28+ knots, it is however measured at quite a bit more. and the new type 32 might also be danish, namly the Danish Absolon Frigate class
Beautiful ships, and the StanFlex system is just brilliant!
The people who came up with this was freaking geniuses!
It is far from genius. Debugging plug& play systems is raising the cost of testing all possible combination of components. So if they save costs, it is only because components are not complete or not tested enough.
@@krzysztofbosak7027
It is a very well tested system, nearly 40 years old by now, and it's freaking awesome.
Each module comes with separate operation interfaces, and if modules have to connect on certain tasks, it's no different than if you have two ships with each their systems that need to collaborate on a task - so there's no bugs to worry about.
@@gorillaguerillaDK This is bullshit, because command centre differs a lot in costs, same for radar requirements. You can't plug stuff in and out and get top performance. But you can get average prformance for many roles, at costs of introducting moduler system.
@@krzysztofbosak7027
Except this is basically what has been done here, top performance while still maintaining flexibility...
What Stanflex said: If you make a simple enough interface, you can make a module system that can do several useful things.
What the US Navy heard when making LCS: If you make a complicated enough module system, you can make a ship do *everything.*
Iver Huitfeldt-class is the basis of the RN Type 31 frigate - with Type 31 contracts for the Polish Navy and the Indonesian Navy - so 4 Navies will use the basic hull.
There's also the possibility that the Type 32 will be based on the Type 31 as well...
I helped build these vessel. The 2 propeller shafts made by Thüssen Krupp are made of Duplex steel which is rust free and almost non magnetic due to mines. They are powered by MTU engines.
With the advanced misiles of today it’s better to have redundancy in form of more smaller cost effective vessels than few large ones.
The large size of this class of warships is necessary mainly due to the radar systems and the helicopter hangar.
Another positive for the "lego" concept is also that your enemy has to plan for all your possible configurations.
Getting your enemy to split resources and focus, while increasing ambiguity is not a bad result.
Fighting in the danish straits and the near Baltic sea means the ships would be very close to a danish port. Minimal accommodation was also fitted on the ships to stay around Denmark, they did not expect to stay long…
The "LEGO"-concept is actually great for keeping uptime at a max. If a containerized system has a malfunction it can be replaced in 60 minutes. The ship then steams back to sea to perform its duties while repairs are being made on land. It's not only weapon systems that can be utilized in the containers also cranes, SigInt/Elint, anti pollution and other functions. I was in the Danish Navy in the early nineties where it was part of standard readiness training to go to a small random port. A truck and a land based mobile crane would show up and we would swap containers as fast as possible.
These modules neither house weapons nor targeting equipment nor movement related equipment.
A ship that loses any of those, including the Lego one, is out of combat.
@@billwhoever2830 They have both Harpoon and VLS(MK48 mod 3) modules on top of OTO melara 76mm and torpedo modules
In fact it had a GREAT win in 🇬🇧: The Arrowhead 140 is based on the Royal Danish Navy's Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate
The Iver Huitfeldt has been exported as Type 31e to UK and Poland
Since we focused on the floating Lego concept, we did not mention the Type 31-class. But, you are right, we should have mentioned it.
@@WeaponDetective maybe do a re-upload then?
@@LuqmanHM We have not been able to find any data that a StanFlex-like design will be used on British and Polish ships. Only for possible Indonesian vessels such information is circulating. Our video focuses exclusively on the Iver Huitfeldt class with the floating Lego-concept. Although the Type 31 class has the same hull, we think that it deserves to be treated as a separate class. That's why we plan to make a separate Type 31 video. Of course, it would be better if we talked about the Type 31 in this video. But we don't think it's a big enough mistake to require us to remove the video.
@@WeaponDetective Would love to see a video on the Tulpar medium tank, since you've already done one on the Kaplan medium tank.
Indonesia 2 biji lumayan lah, dpt fregat rasa destroyer
For anyone curious as to why these ships have a pair of OTO 76mm guns forward the simple answer is cost; these were already in the inventory from decommissioned STANFLEX 300 vessels.
And new 76mm ammunition..
@@heinedenmark No. The guns were laying around. Same with the Harpoon launchers, chaff dispensers and Mk 56 VLS. all taken from older ships.
@@MFitz12 Yes. I know. But new ammunition has made the 76mm more relevant today. I know different types have been tested. But we probably haven't bought any.. Yet.
@@heinedenmark probably not.
This ship s so cool, I had never heard of it before! Thank you for the video!
Underrated yes.
9:00 rheinmetall gun, those are sssscary
The Royal Navy Type 31 FFG is based on this design as a starting point.
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Good to watch as I am listening first time about this ship..
I like these Danish Frigates because of their conceptional flexibility.
We see in Ukraine, that tasks can change into the mid range of a conflict.
And transforming a frigate to special Danish naval tasks: It makes a difference, if you prepare for lonesome action at the eastcoasts of Greenland in November, or you act shoulder to shoulder with a crowd of allied ships, planes, submarines e.g. somewhere in the Swedish Bouhuslän Summer-Labyrints :)
And I always mention the size of radars :) I felt far more safe, when the Danish sent one of their Frigates more easterly into the Baltics, when the russian attacks on Ukraine began... I felt: They would realize every `little game` by the Russians right from the beginning, adding Data to satellite- and Awacs-research for our Nato for precise predictions...
I once heard about our actual German Frigate-Generation: When one of them leaves Wilhelmshaven, it got the whole flight-traffic of London as well as Frankfurt on its screens... at the same time :)
I am not a naval professional... but this imagination helped me to understand a bit better, what these modern vessels are capable of.
Therefore my `ahoi` to our Danish friends: well done, observing the land of the Rus a bit closer...
Thank you :)
Interesting how the Danes can do stan-flex modularity but the US Navy can’t. SMH…
Hope you can make a video about the Iver's derivatives, the Type 31 and the Arrowhead 140
I have some information about the Indonesian version of the warship in steve's reply section
America: We're cancelling modules for the LCS it's too difficult.
Denmark: Hold my Legos, wait, no, give them back, I have an idea
and we already producing at least to ship even bigger, and faster
Its actualy quite amazing how it looks so simular to the zevenprovincien class,
It's unusual to see two forward 76mm gun turrets. Actually it's wise for just redundancy. But it's a real intimidation factor. Smart and increases combat survival, also gives confidence to crew members the navy is capable thinking outside the box.
A beautiful ship! The superfiring gun adds immensely to the attractiveness. 🙂
As you described the STANFLEX capabilities, I couldn't help but consider how they seem to avoid the US Navy's problems.
they use STANdard sizes(10foot 20foot modules which only difference from a standard container is the height and use) so these can be transfered by any ship/train/truck and all danish ships from the Diana Class(Patrol) to Iver Huitfeldt(Frigate) use the system the Thetis class(Also called the Stanflex 3000 should have been 3000 tons is 3500 tons) is from 1988 and were one of the first using the modules
The US Navy was offered both the IH class and the Stanflex system but turned them down as they were not durable enough for the US Navy or something like that
Always ( weapon detective) channel are sharing a wonderful videos about weapons...including this excellent video about Danmark nevagation superior characteristics piece ( Iver Huitfeldt- class frigate)...which operated in patrol tasks and anti aircraft's also its found in three small Baltic states...video clearly explained all.its powerful capabilities....it's progressives versions found in Australia ,Indonesia other countries ..thanks for sharing...
I have noticed that commentary in this video stated that this class hasn’t had any export success. This is at odds with the fact that the Type 31 is based on the Arrowhead 140 hull design that is a direct derivative of the Iver Huitfeldt class. Please correct me if I am wrong but I had heard that Babcock has also recently been able to export the Type 31 design to south east Asia.
Swap out the 2 8 cell stanflex harpoon modules for 2 more 12 cell essm(or sea captor)so you get 48 instead of 24, use the 32 cell vls for the future cruise and anti ship missile, possibly asroc,lrasm and tomahawk and the Iver Huitfeldt would make a great strike frigate concept for the type 32 follow on to the type 31 with the same self defence capability as the type 26 and a dedicated role in anti shipping and land strike role so the type 26 can stick its vls full of asrocs . Would like to keep the 76mm and 35mm instead of the 57 and 40 on the type 31, they are more mature anti missile weapons with DART, airburst ammunition and land attack cabability with the 76mm vulcano
SM-2 missiles were tested a few days ago
32 full sized + 24 smaller VLS is impressive nowadays to see on a frigate.
Excellent video. I love this ship. I think the Turkish Nany should consider the design of the flexible Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate for its TF-2000 Project. . I hope you will also make a video for the Absalon-class.
the iver Huitfeldt-class frigate is based on the Abselon class, that were one of the ways too keep down costs. soo its not like there is a shit load more to tell about the abselon,
@@lasselund1643 Lol. The Absalon-class can carry three large helicopters (two hangars + platform) and an army of seven Leopard main battle tanks and storebro speedboats.
@@jesperlykkeberg7438 soo 30 sek video too tell it got a Lot of room inside, insted of weapons?
@@lasselund1643 Absalon class ships are insanely versatile and no, they are not without weapons.
@@jesperlykkeberg7438 never said IT ditten have weapons! And yes its capabilities are are very versitille and usefull. No doubt they are good ships.
FREMM frigates (France/Italy) next?
Thanks for your interest. We're currently working on a different type of naval vessel for our next naval system video, which we haven't covered yet. Please wait a while longer for the FREMM-class.
Thanks, will the video explore the differences between the italian and the french class?
@@WeaponDetective What different type of naval vessel?
Epsilon docked in Glasgow in 2013 when at highschool lunchtime , pure crapped myself because I thought it was some RN ship I'd never seen
Just a different RN 😜
Maybe it would help a bit if we renamed it to a destroyer - the only reason why it's a frigate is that we don't in Danish have a word for "destroyer-type"-ships, but the word "Frigate" (Fregat) is hundreds of years old..
The line between what a frigate is and what a destroyer is, is blurred these days :)
The aspect that I like about modular systems is that you can swap out a defective or damaged system with a replacement module. . Which basicly means that you can do maintenance on a module on land and within hours of a unit being alongside you can swap out a module that's faulty or requiring deep maintenance ... thus reducing alongside time and likelihood of failure in operation...
Also the fact that an absalon frigate can deploy a mexifloat roll an MBT onto it and put this ashore almost anywhere is well beyond the ability of most dedicated amphib ships...
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Lol RiM 162 is a *surface to air* and not an -air to surface- missile❗
wow awsome video congrats
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The ship yard has closed. It was owned by Mærsk, he probably had a wish for a stronger Danish navy and the option of protection for his ships may also have paid a role.
The Royal Canadian Navy places Atlantic ASW at its top priority and Type 26 is an expensive but specialist ASW hull. It's hardly surprising that Canada chose Type 26 for the CSC programme.
The Danish defense budget will also increase to 2% from 1,3 I think? around there. The politicians said that the money would be spent amongst other things, new frigates. they have not said any specifics though if they would be a Iver Huitfeldt class, or an entirely new class instead.
Iver Huitfeldt-class -> Babcock Type 31* -> 140PL* *(w/o StanFlex)
SH Systems Denmark has since introduced The Cube
The radar installations on some of the Danish frigates, also play part in the US missile defense umbrella. That's why when one of the frigates was scheduled for maintenance in a Baltic state, the US Government in kind asked the Danish Government to cancel that contract, of fear of the Russians sniffing around.
The US tried the lego concept with the littoral-class frigate, but was unable to handle the additional complexity that the interchangeable parts demanded. Really unfortunate as it would've potentially been a cost-saver if they'd been able to reduce the number of hulls without reducing mission readiness.
but Indonesia chose AH140 from England which was modified with the Iver Danish and SIGMA Class designation assisted by Turkiye and Germany and became a red white Class frigate ( frigate Merah putih)
Which is now being built at PT PAL SURABAYA INDONESIA
Really great description of what the ships are used for and what makes them unique. Also a great explanation as to why they haven’t seen much commercial succes. Clearly a lot of work went into making this video and you didn’t just read the wiki page.
Well done!
The Royal navy is building 5 of them and poland will build 3 and Indonesia will build 2, its called the type 31.
We focused on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate with the floating Lego concept in this video. We will make a video for specifically for the Type 31 class.
Through Babcock marketing the Arrowhead 140 concept,of which the Type 31 is related ,there is enough difference in lineage to separate those from the original IH Design.
Well, the US TRIED (sorta) thee flex concept, but.....oh well
The listed weapons R all.dated & the electronix suite barely exists
10:29 well it is certainly right and there where rumors to buy mogami class frigates too
This is actually a great platform... if only it was equipped with the the right sensors and missiles!
SMART-L/APAR is a fine sensor suit and the MK41 VLS is a fine launcher.
which missiles do you need they can fit both Surface to Surface and Surface to Air
@@Endurer92 I need SM6, Tomahawk Harpoon and ESSM!
I have no clue - well that not entirely correct - but I won't say here what they have - what they have loaded up!
The under current of such fine vids and watching appeal could be the love of accomplishment, gubbling in the lure of the Great Sea, seems, our kind are connoisseurs and amants of the Sea and the mesmerizing sentiments, she seems to invoke in us
The ‘floating Lego’ concept is a creative approach, and if not currently popular in NATO navies, it will be.
It's weired why not many nation adopted this concept/design instead going for much smaller yet more expensive option like the French Gowind or German Meko. Such stupidity IMO
Because they are better.
This is slow and not heavily armed.
The low price is because they equipped it with old guns.
This ship is good looking but didn't increased Danish navy capabilities.
@@marpagapal3312 the Iver Huitfeldt has 56 anti air missiles, 2x 76mm super ripid guns, a 35mm millennium CIWS, upto 16 block 2 harpoons, and the ability to fire tomahawk cruise missiles, how exactly is that not classed as heavily armed?
Different requirements.
@@marpagapal3312 oh really? I don't believe that
@@steve-iw2bg yup essentially its a destroyer with frigate price
already winning in indonesia
looks alot like the de zeven provicen class frigates
Why is there only 1 GDM-008 Millennium onboard. Wouldn't it be better to have one on each side, with four in total?
You can add more via Stanflex modules. This is just standard outfit for patrolling danish waters. The primary anti-air defense is the medium-range Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles and area defence missiles SM-2 IIIA.
Beautiful ship without much room for weapons. Looks like a patrol ship.
And it haven't shot a single vacation house yet.
"Hovsa" :)
It reminds me of the Dutch SIGMA ships
Doesn't the Mk 41 VLS can fit 4 missiles in a single cell? What missiles are these?
I'm having a hard time getting this type of infos in net.
The SM-2 missile was just recently tested
Thats a big ass frigate
Modern European frigates are basically just small destroyers.
Laughs in hunter class…
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the ship the science we have is probably the best in the world and that's what Ukraine needs to buy
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Ship looks British if you ask me
It's because the basic design forms the basis of the Type 31 class frigates for the Royal Navy; construction of which has just started in Rosyth.
It may be because the British always comes out with great designs...
Take the new British aircraft carriers as an example.
They have put two islands on the carrier.
This has many benefits to design change.
Now South Korea has designed their own aircraft with two islands and will probably become standard for all new aircraft carrier designs 😀
@@Adrian-qk2fn Type 31 is based on Arrowhead 140, which is based on this
Viking heritage... hence the resemblance...
Italian n france fremm design more better!!thats why us navy choose that design for replacement for littoral combat ship..
Wow dude slow down the speech a little…. And work on that audio, the sound is really bad
it's too overpowered in dss 3 bro
A slower and better looking type 23 frigate.
Has more hype than capability...
What do you base this on? Yes the cannons are older/smaller caliber but works well for self protection and for anti-air. However it has a larger missile loadout and same speed as the 23, plus more range? Anyway the Type 23 is older, so it’s a bit weird to compare these two classes?
Different tools for different jobs,... from different era's.
@@MrGoodSpoon type 23 is older but had the same armament as this frigate.
Harpoon missiles, ESSM anti air missiles.
A cannon, 2 triple torpedo launchers and a not very capable CIWS.
The same armament.
This frigate looks a lot better but the British one is quite faster, 29 VS 32-34 knots.
Even the radar rotating radar it's the same.
@@marpagapal3312 You won't find any ESSM Missiles on a Type 23.
So how many video you took without permission?
Maybe you should look to England. wake up
We just focused on the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate with the floating lego concept in this video. We will prepare a distinct video for the Type 31-class.