Iranian Frigate Moudge or Mowj????

I don’t think the intention with the Mowj is to go toe to toe with the USN (a crazy idea considering the vast power the USN fields in the region) hence the rather light air defence systems. Its role is to give a bit more teeth to coastal defence by the looks of it. A fairly sensible move considering the more fluid nature of events in the region. It has a fairly big gun, decent anti ship missiles and a heli deck allowing it to police Irans coastal waters.

I’ll translate some from http://www.worldnavy.info/list/iran.html
1200 t, 88m length, 30 knots speed, 2×2 C-802, 1×1 HQ-7, 1×2 100-mm gun and helipad.
It’s mentioned that it built in 2005 on base of Vosper MKV although its smaller and slower so most of sources mentioned it not like destroyer (like Iran said), but frigate or even corvette.
Here Alvant ship of original project http://www.worldnavy.info/photogallery/corvettes/vosper-mk5_1.html and http://www.worldnavy.info/specification/corvettes/vosper_mk5_alvant.html

1×2 100-mm gun ???

That reeks like a Chinese twin 100mm turret.

I’ll translate some from http://www.worldnavy.info/list/iran.html
1200 t, 88m length, 30 knots speed, 2×2 C-802, 1×1 HQ-7, 1×2 100-mm gun and helipad.
It’s mentioned that it built in 2005 on base of Vosper MKV although its smaller and slower so most of sources mentioned it not like destroyer (like Iran said), but frigate or even corvette.
Here Alvant ship of original project http://www.worldnavy.info/photogallery/corvettes/vosper-mk5_1.html and http://www.worldnavy.info/specification/corvettes/vosper_mk5_alvant.html

Hmmm from all that I have reasd it seems that it is an advanced copy (or at least a reversed engineered and updated copy) of the Alvand Corvette of which there are a few pics around.

One site (linked below) has reference to an advanced AK-176 76mm gun coupled with 8x SS-N-22’s. Conversly there is a second design that has a 100mm gun with 8x C-803’s and both have different radars.

Above Top Secret Forum.

Incidently this thread also ties in with the other Iranian thread we have here.

The Above Top Secret thread is misleading. I was the person speculating AK-176 as the main gun if it used primarily Russian systems; that was shortlybefore the Iranian OTO-Melara 76mm copy was anounced.

Re the model, a helipad but no hanger, and no apparent SSMs(?).

The diesel only powerplant agrees with the Diomil specs. I’ll post a revised artist’s impression based on the ‘new’ model shortly.

EDIT: I’m confused because that model appears to be different from the top-down view on Google Earth

Hmmm from all that I have reasd it seems that it is an advanced copy (or at least a reversed engineered and updated copy) of the Alvand Corvette of which there are a few pics around.

One site (linked below) has reference to an advanced AK-176 76mm gun coupled with 8x SS-N-22’s. Conversly there is a second design that has a 100mm gun with 8x C-803’s and both have different radars.

Above Top Secret Forum.

Incidently this thread also ties in with the other Iranian thread we have here.

I have been looking for a picture of this boat for years, you have done better than I have you found that model!:)

The Iranians have managed to reverse engineer the Oto Melera 76mm so it would make sense for that to be fitted, some Chinese SSM’s and Iranian MANPAD’s are likely too.