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Destroyer Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 10 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Destroyer, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

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Destroyer Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Destroyer Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Type 051C / Luzhou-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 051C / Luzhou-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 051C, also called the Luzhou class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class built by Dalian Shipyard for long-range fleet area air defense. Open-source references describe it as a two-ship class based on the earlier Type 051B hull and fitted with Russian S-300FM surface-to-air missiles, Type 730 close-in weapons systems, and a steam-turbine propulsion plant.
Type 052C / Luyang II-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 052C / Luyang II-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052C, also known as the Luyang II-class destroyer, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built around long-range area air defense. Sources describe it as the PLAN's first warship class to combine fixed AESA radar with vertically launched HHQ-9 missiles, plus YJ-62 anti-ship missiles and a shipborne helicopter facility.
Type 051B / Luhai-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 051B / Luhai-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 051B, also called the Luhai class, is a single-ship Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built around the destroyer Shenzhen (DDG 167). Open references describe it as an experimental, modular design from Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company, intended to improve Chinese experience with stealthier construction, fleet command-and-control, and modern naval systems before later PLAN destroyer families matured.
Type 052B / Luyang I-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 052B / Luyang I-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052B, also called the Luyang I-class destroyer, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built by Jiangnan Shipyard. It was the PLAN's first modern destroyer class to field a Russian Shtil-1 medium-range surface-to-air missile system, combining air-defense capability with anti-ship missiles, a helicopter deck and hangar, and a stealth-influenced hull design.
Type 052D / Luyang III-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 052D / Luyang III-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / Dalian Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052D, also called the Luyang III-class destroyer, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built for multi-role surface warfare, air defense, and strike operations. It is notable for its flat-panel AESA radar, universal canister vertical launch system, and continuing production across multiple Chinese shipyards.
Type 055 / Renhai-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer or cruiser class, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsType 055 / Renhai-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer or cruiser classSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 055, also called the Renhai class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built as a large multirole surface combatant. Open-source references describe it as a 180-meter ship with a 112-cell vertical launch system, carrier-escort air-defense role, and enough size and sensor capacity that NATO and U.S. references often compare it to a cruiser.
River-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsRiver-class destroyerGuided missile destroyerSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Irving Shipbuilding / Lockheed Martin Canada / BAE Systems / Canada / United KingdomThe River-class destroyer is Canada's future guided-missile destroyer class, based on BAE Systems' Type 26 design and being built as the Royal Canadian Navy's major new surface combatant. Canadian program documents describe a 15-ship class intended to replace the retired Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates, with SPY-7 radar, an Aegis-linked CMS 330 combat system, and a 127 mm main gun.
Project 956E / 956EM Sovremenny-class destroyer, Russian-built guided-missile destroyers exported to the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, Naval SystemsNaval SystemsProject 956E / 956EM Sovremenny-class destroyerRussian-built guided-missile destroyers exported to the Chinese People's Liberation Army NavySide: UnknownBuilt: Severnaya Verf / RussiaThe Project 956E and 956EM Sovremenny-class destroyers are Russian-built export guided-missile destroyers delivered to the People's Liberation Army Navy in two batches. The first pair were the 956E variant, and the later pair were the improved 956EM ships with updated combat systems and revised weapon fits for Chinese service.