Swerve makes a good point. The C3 needs to be a seperate programme in order to rule out that sort of cost cutting exercise.

The C3 wont ever carry out shore fire. It needs the gun to deal with pirate skiffs, drug vessels and possibly cargo ships it wants to search but dont want to stop 😛

I agree, I really dont want a frigate sized vessel for the C3 but I do want a vessel that can be a true OPV! We need these ships to be a jack of all trades if at all possible.

and I think one of my designs is along the lines of what I want and you want. Althoug people dont agree with the 57mm I think its exactly whats needed.

Now with regards to the BAM, I think its too small to be honest and given our areas of interest we need our C3’s to have some endurance. I seem to remember a study saying that a min of 100 meters was needed.

Comparison of size.

that picture has been around for about a year now. I think even on this board.

I’m hoping now that the Type 45 work is in the final stretch so to speak we will start seeing more about the FSC.