Ships
The general designers of Luda class destroyer were Mr. Li Fuli (李复礼) and Mr. Pan Jingfu (潘镜芙) of the 701st (Research) Institute of the 7th Academy. A total of 732 types of material, and 1240 kinds of equipment (include over 110 brand new ones needed to be developed from scratch) were tasked to over a dozen establishments under Ministry of Industry in 22 provinces and municipalities. A total of 16 ships were constructed, consisted of 7 ships of the Type 051, 6 ships of Type 051D, and32 ships of Type 051Z. Later versions are the subsequent upgrade of earlier units.
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