Why is there a 0 in front of the Chinese destroyer model?

There is indeed an allusion, just like the number of air force planes starts with 5.

It is said that this is the head of the air force. After the self-made military aircraft came out, in order to show that the China Air Force was difficult to build, everything started from scratch, so the model codes started from 5, such as 歼 5, Qiang 5, Yun 5 and Bang 5; Starting from 5, reverse coding. There is no such number as 1, 2, 3, 4.

The navy followed suit, saying that naval construction started from scratch, so all ship models started from zero.

The number after 0 is the level code. For example, the class code of the destroyer is 5, which means 05X.

Second, the title of rank.

The naming habit of western countries is to use the name of the first ship as the code name of this level. For example, the first ship of the Spruance class destroyer is the spruance; And nimitz and so on.

China, on the other hand, followed the practice of the Soviet Union and directly addressed the model and ship number during the period of confidentiality.