055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[siegecrossbow]

Great animations!

It's not CGI.

 

[Marjohn]

It's not CGI.

I know. Do you prefer great movies?

 

[foofy]

Video sped up？so smooth

 

[siegecrossbow]

Video sped up？so smooth

Nope the GIF is taken straight from the video without any editing.

 

[EdT586]

Hull number 105 was commissioned today !

 

[by78]

An actual photo – not a screen capture – of the ceremony.

 

[nlalyst]

Most interesting observation but you may need to rule out first if the dark smudges are caused by tire marks from the tugboats.

I can't rule that out yet. Once more photos are accumulated it might be possible to make a more definite statement.

It was triggered by the similarity with the wet exhaust for the forward diesel prime movers on the French Aquitaine class FREMM frigate. If you don't know where to look it's easy to miss the wet exhausts:



When operational, they are unmistakable. I haven't seen anything like this yet in the 055 photos thusfar.

 

[Tam]

I can't rule that out yet. Once more photos are accumulated it might be possible to make a more definite statement.

It was triggered by the similarity with the wet exhaust for the forward diesel prime movers on the French Aquitaine class FREMM frigate. If you don't know where to look it's easy to miss the wet exhausts:
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When operational, they are unmistakable. I haven't seen anything like this yet in the 055 photos thusfar.
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We will keep an eye out for any photo should the Type 055 will blow out smoke on one of its low holes like the FREMM in the last picture.

 

[by78]

Self-explanatory...

 

[Kejora]

Self-explanatory...

The prefix for PLAN ships is PLANS? Personally I prefer CNS.