(Aircraft) Control (network participation group 9),.

Command (Mission Management/Weapons Coordination) (network participation group 8),.

Surveillance (network participation group 7),.

PPLI, or Precise Participant Location and Identification (network participation groups 5 and 6),.

These data words are grouped in functional areas, and allocated to network participation groups (NPG) (virtual networks), most importantly: Link 16 information is primarily coded in J.-series messages which are binary data words with well-defined meanings. Information is typically passed at one of three data rates: 31.6, 57.6, or 115.2 kilobits per second (kbits/s), although the radios and frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) waveform itself can support throughput values well over 1 Mbit/s. It uses the transmission characteristics and protocols, conventions, and fixed-length or variable length message formats defined by MIL-STD 6016 and STANAG 5516 (formerly the JTIDS technical interface design plan). This frequency range limits the exchange of information to users within line-of-sight of one another, although with satellite capabilities and adhoc protocols, it is nowadays possible to pass Link 16 data over long-haul protocols such as TCP/IP using MIL-STD 3011 (JREAP) or STANAG 5602 (SIMPLE).

She then fired multiple salvoes at the destroyers Fortune and Turbulent, critically damaging the former and sinking the latter.ĭuring this time, her bridge was hit by a round fired from a destroyer, which killed two and injured several others the ship received no other battle damage.Link 16 is a TDMA-based secure, jam-resistant, high-speed digital data link which operates in the radio frequency band 960–1,215 MHz, allocated in line with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio regulations to the aeronautical radionavigation service and to the radionavigation satellite service.

Westfalen scored several hits on the British destroyer leader Tiperrary, causing critical damage 1 the destroyer was later finished off by her sister ship Nassau. However, in the late evening, she encountered a light force of several British destroyers, and an ensuing firefight erupted at close range. Later on, Westfalen was refitted to carry a small number of anti-aircraft guns she initially carried six underwater torpedo tubes, but these were later removed.1 1. She also carried a large amount of 5.9-inch (150 mm) and 88 mm guns to counter smaller vessels and torpedo boats. She carried a main armament of twelve 11-inch (281 mm) guns in a hexagonal formation, with four guns mounted on the beam. Westfalen was launched on July 1st 1908, and commissioned in November of 1909. This also contributed to the installation of Westfalen s unique hexagonal main armament arrangement. The ships were intended to carry new steam turbines, but the German steam-turbine manufacturing process had not been refined as a result, the Nassaus were equipped with large, space-consuming piston engines. The ships were also the first German vessels to be equipped with a torpedo bulkhead. Westfalen was damaged in 1918, and thereafter used as a training ship she was later handed to the United Kingdom as a war reparation, and scrapped in 1924.Īs a result, the Nassaus were the first ships of the German Navy to carry an all-big-gun armament. She was also responsible for the destruction of three British destroyers at the Battle of Jutland. Dream town storyĬommissioned in 1909, she saw extensive service during the First World War, where she participated in many naval engagements. You will however get severly damaged from 4m depth torpedoes. Her playground is small maps, where her secondaries can make short work of destroyers while her primaries take care of cruisers. You can rely on these should your main turrets get destroyed, or to take out most PT boats. Patrol Torpedo boats will have a hard time sneaking through that firepower. It is rarely worth it, unless the player wants to rely on her secondary too. However, these will still make short work of cruisers and destroyers. This is rather weak compared to most other battleships who have 305 mm or even larger guns. She was made to take damage while sending it back to her opponent. The only places shell lose crew easily are the 88 mm guns in the bow and stern, so it is not recommended repairing the ship just for fixing those, as it will put new crew inside them to be easily lost again.

But only Japanese torpedo bombers carry a large enough torpedo to bypass her torpedo bulges, which are thick enough to stop all but the Japanese Type 91 Model 2 and Model 3 airbourne torpedoes.