HMAS Hobart (DDGH 39) is coming soon

HMAS Hobart (DDGH 39) is the newest Hobart-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. It was originally designed as a platform with great modernization potential: key systems can be upgraded and replaced as new technologies emerge. A combined diesel and gas turbine power plant provides the ship with high speed and good maneuverability. Its firepower is based on missile weapons, but its arsenal is not limited to missiles and allows it to confidently engage targets of any type.

Concept and features

HMAS Hobart (DDGH 39) is designed as a ship for medium and long-range combat. Thanks to its unique missile armament, it is quite capable of effectively deploying the remaining missiles. Special attention should be paid to the countermeasure systems, which provide all-around protection against both air threats and underwater attacks, including torpedoes.

Armament:

1. Missile battery (ASM) - CHAMP [2x1]
2. Missile battery (ASM) - CHAMP [2x1]
3. Missile battery (ASM) - Harpoon Block 1G [2x1]🔒
4. Mark 45 Mod 4 cannon (127 mm) [1x1]
5. RUR5B ASROC grenade launcher [2x1]
6. RAH-66 Comanche helicopter [1x1]
7. Narwhal-H autocannon (20 mm) [2x1]🔒
8. MU90H Hard Kill autocannon [2x1]🔒
9. Sea RAM air defense [2x1]
10. Sea RAM air defense [2x1]
11. RIM-162 ESSM-H39 air defense [1x1] 🔒

Exclusive armament:

Harpoon Block 1G — American anti-ship missile with fast target acquisition and steep flight trajectory. Salvo firing mode allows for convenient control of the pace and sequence of launches compared to similar systems.

MU90H Hard Kill — a French modification of the anti-torpedo defense system based on the MU90 Impact torpedo. It automatically intercepts and neutralizes enemy torpedoes at medium ranges.

Narwhal-H (20 mm) — a French automatic weapon with high-explosive fragmentation shells. It is effective against both air and surface targets at close range.

RIM-162 ESSM-H39 is an American anti-aircraft missile system based on the Evolved Sea Sparrow missile. It is designed to engage air targets at medium range and is characterized by extremely fast reloading.

Recommendations:

• The ship will reveal its greatest damage potential when equipped with X-51 laser-guided missiles in its missile batteries. However, it also has a rapid-reload missile system—overloading the missile air defense system is a significant factor in success.
• Do not rely entirely on anti-torpedo autocannons—they may be effective, but they may not be able to cope with a massive torpedo attack. In this case, you will most likely have to retreat to cover or use grenade launchers.
• Save your electronic warfare charges for massive missile attacks — don't waste expensive consumables on 2-3 missiles.

Advantages:

• Good missile armament set—3 double slots, 2 of which are replaceable.
• Anti-torpedo autocannon.

Disadvantages:

• The Harpoon Block 1G missile has low total damage per salvo.

Role in battle

After the start of the battle, the main goal will be to find cover with good visibility, from which it will be possible to deliver missile strikes most effectively and safely using intelligence from allies. This is facilitated by the ship's arsenal, with a strong emphasis on missile batteries. It makes sense to launch Harpoon Block 1G missiles first. Although their damage output is not particularly high, their combination of high speed and massive salvo allows them to effectively overload enemy air defenses, creating a window through which other missiles can reach their targets unimpeded and inflict the main damage.