Malaysian Gowind

During last week's DSA 2012 Defense Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur revealed further details about the purchase of six frigates by Malaysia, a Gowind.


The only currently existing entity type Gowind , L'Adroit patrol boat. It is tested by the French navy. 3-year lease period will help to decide whether to purchase them by the Marine Nationale, as well as gain experience, useful in pursuit of export contracts.

The first information about the French DCNS design choice by the Malaysian Navy from December last year, when the local shipyard Boustead has signed a contract for the supply of six such units, with a value of 9 billion ringgit (MYR), or about $ 2.8 billion.


Then informed that the new ships will have a length of 99 mi displacement of about 2 thousand. t armament should consist of a universal working Mk4 caliber Bofors 57 mm, two 30-mm cannons and missile launchers OtoMelary anti-RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile.

During that ended last Thursday DSA 2012 defense exhibition presents a model of the Malaysian Defense Gowind and revealed a slightly different data. According to the manufacturer, the frigate will have a length of 107 meters displacement of 2730 tons will be given to the helicopter hangar deck (now the Malaysian Navy uses the Marine version of Super Lynx and Eurocopter Fennec AS 350).

Electronic equipment is made up of individuals multifunction radar station Thales SMART-S Mk 2, optoelectronic tracking system goals and the SKO TMEO Mk2 Rheinmetall, Thales sonar hull Captas family and towed sonar.


The new model also shows a set of weapons. Confirmed prior information about the section of 57 mm caliber and two defense systems direct from OtoMelara caliber guns of 30 mm. Others, however, is to be rocket armament. Instead, U.S. missiles were presented Sylver vertical launchers with missiles MBDA VL-Mica. The ships will also receive missile launchers with eight Exocet MM40 Block 3.


This need not be but the final configuration. Representatives of the yard Boustead announced that negotiations on the technical details, conducted with DCNS, is still going on.