Brandenburg class
Type 123
Overview
Brandenburg class
German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen at sea during an exercise with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2022.
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Germany - Howaldtswerke
Germany - Nordseewerke
Germany - Bremer Vulkan
Details
Media
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German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen in port in 2010.
Source: Eugenio Castillo Pert
Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0
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German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen in the Philippine Sea in 2021.
Source: US Navy
Copyright: Public domain
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German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen in the port of Catania in 2017.
Source: NAC
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Rear view of German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen in port in 2017. Note the two hangar doors at the flight deck.
Source: NAC
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German navy Brandenburg class frigate seen maneuvering in the port of Hamburg in 2008.
Source: Torsten Bätge
Copyright: CC BY-SA 3.0
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German navy Brandenburg class frigate on public display in the port of Kiel in 2019.
Source: Fabian Horst
Copyright: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Starboard view of a German navy Brandenburg class frigate at sea in 2008.
Source: US Navy
Copyright: Public domain
Subcomponents
MM38 Exocet
2x2 MM38 Exocet subsonic anti-ship missiles. Replaced by 2x4 Harpoon.
RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
Single RIM-7 Sea Sparrow per VLS cell for a total of 16 missiles. To be replaced by ESSM.
RIM-116 RAM
2x 21-cell Mk 49 launchers for RIM-116 RAM missiles for close-in missile defense.
27mm MLG 27
2x 27mm MLG-27 remote controlled self-defense guns. Replaced the 20mm Rh-202.
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Sachsen class
The Brandenburg class (focused on anti-submarine warfare) complements the Sachsen class frigate in the German navy. The Sachsen class is focused on area air defense.