CN Type 053H JiuJiang

The JiuJiang, as seen in-game

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> *Type 053H JiuJiang is a Enhanced Tier-II Premium ships with no missile or helicopter armaments*
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## Overview

The katyusha truck of modern warships but made in china, this ship is anything but low quality when used properly. At close range, nothing can hold a candle to this ships sheer DPS output, which is capable of wiping out even a carrier within a single reload if fully upgraded.

## Background History

The Type 053 class of frigates were the first modern frigates of the Chinese navy and formed the backbone of their fleets in their early years. However, as technology progressed the then modern ships became hopelessly outdated, some of which were still using mostly gun based armaments with only a paltry amount of SY series anti-ship missiles keeping them barely relevant. Due to this, a multitude of upgrades and modernizations were brought about resulting in various sub classes each tailored specifically to different roles. The Type 053H in game is a unique example modified to carry a ludicrous amount of a Chinese copy of the infamous BM-21 MLRS rockets presumably for naval fire support and to overwhelm the then still primitive air defenses of a potential adversary ship while other frigates carrying AShM's would finish the job. Such a ship modernization meant to make the frigates more relevant in a modern age ironically and somewhat anachronistically has antecedents in ww2, where American LSR crafts were loaded to the absolute brim with 5 inch rockets for the express purpose of blowing anything to smithereens during an amphibious assault. Chinese engineers and naval shipbuilders inspired by this, slapped on to a hopelessly outdated hull an seemingly hopelessly outdated weapons suite, and yet somehow, it created a ship that actually was capable of staying relevant even in this age of missiles and radar.

## Tactics

*JiuJang* is a tier 2 Chinese frigate built for the explicit purpose of surface warfare. Armed with a total of 7 grenade launchers and 2 cannons, she is by far one of the most threatening and devastating ships to face. Despite this raw power, she lacks any guided weaponry such as missiles and torpedoes. To top this off, she is decently vulnerable to aircraft possessing only 2 air defense weapons. Her 5 locked grenade launchers can be manually fired in rapid succession but reduces accuracy to a horrifying amount. She is better suited for close range engagements as she immediately outclasses any enemy vessel with her volleys.

### Playing as a CN Type 053H JiuJiang

As mentioned above, playing this ship means your very limited to Close Range Battles for effectiveness as those Locked grenade launchers have the worst accuracy, which means you must be closing the distance to the enemt AT ALL TIMES, which directly leaves you vulnerable to enemy fire from other, usually better ship choices like Caio Duilio, JS Kurama, or FFG(X). At range, all you can do is fire your ASROCs and guns while ripple firing your H/JJ12 MLRS, because that's all you can do with them and it's a waste if you don't use them anyways. Regarding enemy aircraft just try and catch their missiles with chaff, or shoot them down with your Melara Rapid guns if you have them mounted on board. About submarines, simply fire ASROCs at them. You dont have a very high burst damage since you lack both missiles and torpedoes, so you'll have to rely on your guns, ASROCs and H/JJ12 to finish the sub when it surfaces, which it very likely won't unless you have a teammate to help you or the sub just stay surfaced too long.

### Playing along a CN Type 053H JiuJiang

Provide sufficient AA cover and escort the ship so Juijang can get close enough to do some lethal damage to the enemy team

### Playing against a CN Type 053H JiuJiang

With the lack of satisfactory AA and even worse no Helicopter, she is very vulnerable to air strikes and missile spams. Playing long range, air strikes and missile spams should easily take Juijang to the port, and even at mid range fast ships like the Xwind 4000 and the USS Independence can beat it due to it relying on rocket launchers to deal a significant amount of damage, and whose projectiles travel far slower than cannons and aren't guided like torpedoes and missiles. Even submarines should have an easy time dealing with this ship that's supposedly deadly because 7 grenade launchers, until you find out that 5 of them can't hit underwater targets and that ASROCs aren't that effective ASW weapons anyway because of a multitude of reasons, the main ones being accuracy and ammunition.

## Suggested Armaments Setup

**Guns:**

It is pretty much mandatory to equip OTO-Melara rapids in order to boost your AA defense. Korkut-D's is highly ill advised due to their relatively slow reload and abysmal range compared to the Italian fastdraws. Your main source of damage will be your rocket launchers anyway.

**Rocket Launchers**

It is also highly recommended to switch out your HWHH-003A's with Mafalon as they are guided and can compensate for the JiuJiang's lack of missiles.

## Advantages & Disadvantages

### Advantages

* Fast and nimble
* Very high DPS, although it requires time to bring it all out at mid-long range
* Has a total of 7 grenade launchers

### Disadvantages

* Very vulnerable at long range
* Weak AA defense (unless you equip Melera Rapid)
* No Helicopter
* No guided weapons (unless you equip the 2x grenade slot with Mafalon)
* High cost of 5000 gold (it's not worth it)

## Trivia

* Like most other Chinese warships, the name JiuJiang is given by NATO.
* The Type 053 is a family of frigates with each line of ships differing from one another in either roles or improvement.
	+ The 053H is a surface-warfare focused frigate and was improved resulting in the 053H2.
	+ The particular ship in game including it's JiuJiang NATO designation is actually not official per se, as this particular ship setup was not mass produced once china got access to then state of the art western naval technologies due to warming relations during the late 70's and early 80's.