Chilean armed Forces

[Aldo Penniconi]

There was some stuff about Chilean Special Forces here:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...hp/t-6146.html

[ChrisBV]

Armada de Chile IMO the best in the region

Yeah, no kidding Chilean Navy has acquired some first class material lately.

A few photos of the new Type 23 frigate FF06 Almirante Condell (ex-HMS Marlborough):

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Official Armada de Chile (ACh - Chilean Navy) photo of FF06 Condell (click for hi-res)

[zukko]

yeah, CrisB
certainly as good Chilean based in Lima will know that these frigates with 25 years old before being bought by Chile, are not the best because with the new anti-ship missile kh-31 of MIG-29 SMT peruavians that both try to decrease could be a target very easy to sink .. not think you are?

[ChrisBV]

yeah, CrisB
certainly as good Chilean based in Lima will know that these frigates with 25 years old before being bought by Chile

I'm not Chilean, I'm Peruvian and I live in Peru

What do you mean "25 years old"? FF06 Condell (ex-HMS Marlborough) was commissioned in 1991. FF05 Cochrane (ex-HMS Norfolk), in 1987 and FF07 Lynch (ex-HMS Grafton), in 1994. The "oldest" Type 23 in service now with the Chilean Navy is 21 and the newest, 14 years old.

Anyway, we're talking about the hulls here, because weapons systems and sensors are up-to-date and current with Royal Navy standards. The "newest" Lupo, ex-MMI (Marina Militare Italiana) acquired by the MGP is more than 30 years old. And their sensors and weapons have not received any major upgrade in the recent years. That's not very encouraging if you ask me, giving the fact that Lupos are lightweight and fast vessels designed for hit-and-run tactics and that makes them vulnerable (a single missile hit could sink them). Their design is prior to the 1982 Falklands War; Type 23s and other vessels incorporate design elements based on the lessons learned from that war.

I learned from a sales representative for MBDA that the MGP is interested in acquiring the latest version of the Exocet SSM, the MM40 Block 3 to equip our Lupos. But no official statement has been made. That would certainly put them side by side in terms of anti-surface warfare with other modern vessels in the region.

are not the best because with the new anti-ship missile kh-31 of MIG-29 SMT peruavians that both try to decrease could be a target very easy to sink .. not think you are?

Kh31 and such weapon systems are just plain desires and wet dreams right now. They are not and certainly will not be in service in Peru in the short term. Modernisation of MiG29 is scheduled to end next year at best and only 8 of the 19 aircraft we have will be upgraded... and there is no official statement or contract signed indicating the purchase or even interest by Air Force officials in such weapons and the reason is simple: the upgrade is intended to boost the MiG29 air-to-air capability for defensive purposes only.

Anyway, I wouldn't call the Type 23 "easy" to sink, its sensors and soft-kill systems are very good and the VLS Sea Wolf Block 2 anti-air defence system is superb. They are very good ships and the fact that Chile has them now too doesn't change that.

[pedro_rafael]

Amazing, how things may change ....


I need to photoshop this photo and put a T-55 instead of the Leopard-1.

Somebody in another forum, posted an aerial view of the anti-tank mines placed in lines by the Chilean Army to stop armor coming from Peru in the 70s.

Very visible, very linear.

It may have been the wrong sample of mines, but anyway after reading all the bragging - i mean tons and tons of bragging - of how the Chilean armed forces and people would have stopped an imaginary invasion, couldn't stop wondering of what would have happen to Peru, after the slaughter of thousands of Chileans .... I mean, Pinochet got it right went he went to Kissinger for help.

Amazing how things may change ...

Saludos,


PS: Btw awesome photos and equipment. Chilean Armed Forces are really, truly AWESOME !!!!

[Barracuda7]

yeah, CrisB
certainly as good Chilean based in Lima will know that these frigates with 25 years old before being bought by Chile, are not the best because with the new anti-ship missile kh-31 of MIG-29 SMT peruavians that both try to decrease could be a target very easy to sink .. not think you are?

Well my friend right now the Peruvien Navy doesn't have the kh-31 anti ship missile in is inventory.

So they Mig-29s have to face this before trying anything




BTW this is our new toy in the anti-ship department


Good luck

[ChrisBV]

This topic is about Chilean Armed Forces, not about silly Chile vs. Peru childish and immature nonsense.

Nuestros amigos extranjeros no tienen por qué enterarse que somos unos sudacas ridículos cometierra que nos peleamos por tonterías

[pedro_rafael]

This topic is about Chilean Armed Forces, not about silly Chile vs. Peru childish and immature nonsense.

Nuestros amigos extranjeros no tienen por qué enterarse que somos unos sudacas ridículos cometierra que nos peleamos por tonterías

Yes Mommy, whatever you say ...

[ChrisBV]

Yes Mommy, whatever you say ...

You keep posting photos of every piece of junk local welders try to portray as "modernisations" and "weapon systems" (such as that doctored - meaning, made in Photoshop - photo of a 9M14-2T Malyutka on the rail of a makeshift sand buggy - because the missile was taken from a brochure by YugoImport and pasted in the most crude of ways) or looking for everyone else's photos to host them on your... ehm, "website" (quoting "courtesy of...") and carry on.

Can't you see you make us look foolish to the rest of the world? You think it's cute?

[pedro_rafael]

You keep posting photos of every piece of junk local welders try to portray as "modernisations" and "weapon systems" (such as that doctored - meaning, made in Photoshop - photo of a 9M14-2T Malyutka on the rail of a makeshift sand buggy - because the missile was taken from a brochure by YugoImport and pasted in the most crude of ways) or looking for everyone else's photos to host them on your... ehm, "website" (quoting "courtesy of...") and carry on.

Can't you see you make us look foolish to the rest of the world? You think it's cute?

puuuffff .... Dude,

You are f*cking nuts.

I'm not your mirror, sorry ...

[ChrisBV]

Yeah, whatever, nobody really cares anyway, just you bumping threads with every new piece of (dis)information you can get your hands on.

Anyway, back to Chilean Armed Forces:

Another naval unit Chile recently acquired from Britain (2003 I think), the Type 22 Batch 2 frigate FF19 Almirante Williams (ex-HMS Sheffield):

During refit in the UK before delivery:






Frigate Williams (top), BAP Carvajal (FM-51, missile frigate Lupo, Peru - bottom) and Ticonderoga-class cruiser (CG-51) USS Thomas S. Gates (United States) - centre - during manoeuvres in exercise UNITAS '05:

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Great-looking ship! Sleeker and more visually appealing than the County class destroyer (Blanco Encalada - ex-HMS Fife) it replaced

[Eoin666]

Some nicely balanced modernisation programs by Chile

[JBass]

My contribution.

The Chilean Air Force

A-36CC Halcon (Casa C-101CC)







A-37 Dragonfly

[JBass]

F-5E/F Tigre III

[JBass]

F-16A/B MLU (Block 20)