Relax wrote:In HV, if there was such a thing as a reaction drive vessel capable of fulfilling a DD role yet some other uses impeller they are BOTH labeled DD. They are DOING the same job. Why Chansons are DD's and so is a Roland, though I would propose that Chanson DD's are actually a DD and ROLAND is not and at this point I would class ROLAND as a Frigate, not a DD. It cannot perform all of the DD roles in the RMN.
Can it do all the jobs of a frigate?
Why? 2 hits destroys 100% of ROLAND offensive capability. Not even the hated by the RMN Javelin class DD have this vulnerability. A single hit there only eliminates 3 missile tubes at once and it has 6 such critical spots. 2 hits eliminates ALL ROLAND's offensive missile capability as it shares missile tube launch hardware and maybe even magazine space.
How is that different from other destroyer classes? The Havoc, Chanson, and Javelin classes have 5 missile tubes on each broadside to the Roland's 6.
1 hit wonders are Frigates, so what is a 2 hit wonder?
Probably "destroyer."
You distinguish between job types. Not class types. Especially in war as war you just throw EVERYTHING at the wall as need is ~infinite and if it floats, it gets used. Maybe that is the ROLAND in a nutshell. Not what anyone wants, but corners were cut to get it out the door into production and worry about its problems later.
Indeed, that's how the RMN decides how to label a ship class: the job role it fulfils. And they decided to call the Roland a destroyer, so presumably it fulfilled the role sufficiently well for the Janacek admiralty to approve their construction.