Admiral Reitz-class destroyer

The Admiral Reitz-class destroyer (D455) is a class of guided missile destroyers of the Volgarian Navy. The lead ship "Admiral-Reitz" was launched in 2012 and subsequently commissioned in 2014, followed by ships "Bhomern" in 2016 and "Breifel" in 2018 with destroyer "Weinsshafen" to be commissioned in early 2020. All six planned ships are planned to be in service with the Volgarian navy by no later than 2024.

History
The Admiral-Reitz class were a result of the D455 program launched by Volgarian government to create a class of multi-purpose guided missile destroyers the would be designed as a response to the larger destroyers being fielded by Stasnov and Vazandia as the largest ships in the Volgarian navy at the time were the air-defence frigates. D455 designs were required to have at least 90-VLS cells, a speed of 30 knots, capacity for two H-98 helicopters and to not exceed 10,000 tonnes, these requirements putting the new class of destroyers at roughly the same operational capability as the Granzerian Zsolt Pál-class destroyer which was used as a rough guideline. Heuser Marinewerke, which had designed the Praatz and Wielach-class of frigates, was chosen as the victor of the program and their design selected to become the Admiral Reitz-class of guided missile destroyers.

The new vessels would be the first step in the large-scale naval expansion program launched by the Volgarian Armed Forces.

Design
The Admiral Reitz is essentially an enlarged version of the with three times the amount of VLS-cells on the ship as well as being equipped with the new NS100 radar system. The Admiral Reitz also incorporates additional anti-submarine and anti-ship technology in order to have the ships properly fulfill their roles of being general-purpose surface combatants, though the main role of the class is primarily anti-air warfare.