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Russia “thugs” class stealth warships

Song Shujie

俄罗斯泽列诺多利 Minsk City Council in a unified platform designed to create the 21632-type “tornado” class stealth warships along the family, the Russian Navy ships in the manufacturing sector a wonderful work. Although the size of this series of ships, tonnage, not level, but it is a unique design, superior performance, powerful, compared with corvettes, can perform a wide variety of combat missions in coastal waters play an irreplaceable battle role.

“tornado” the Russian Navy ships along the “mob” class stealth warships to improve the export model, to the enemy ships and shore targets, fierce fire fight, the main characteristics of shallow draft, wide water fight, both in deep water, or in shallow water; both on the high seas, or in the navigable river, the river mouth, between the islands or other narrow waters, can flexibly use.

“tornado” unified platform ships fully loaded displacement of 560 tons, length 61.45 m, width 9.6 m, with high-performance diesel engines, speed 26, 29-36 person crew. The use of jet propulsion in the small ships can guarantee deep waters with higher mobility and stroke, lower noise levels and navigation oscillation. This widespread use of stealth technology warship, the upper building, turret, anti-wave plate are favorable oblique plane wave scattering radar reflectivity. Reasonable accommodations and channel layout, personnel action to facilitate, after the alarm sounded and the sailors of each officer can quickly take their battle position.

small gunboat-type “Tornado” basic range of 1500 sea miles, self-sufficiency in power for 10 days, the assembly of modern navigation systems, hydrological and meteorological support equipment, integrated bridge systems and combat information command system, in a safe navigation At the same time the successful completion of all combat missions.

“Sigma-E” battle command information system is the core of ship radio-electronic weapons, for protection of warships in battle command, can all ship-borne radio-electronic weapons into a unified system, real-time transfer to the fighting ships and tactical information, to ensure that any type of “tornado” class ships can serve as a command ship.

“tornado” class ships the most representative of the family is bound missiles and artillery, the assembly of some of the weapons systems of similar ships in the world is unique. Deckhouse front configuration of 100 mm A-190 automatic gun for anti-sea, shore and air targets, using the unique “Yin Shu-M” fire control radar and optical telecommunication system through the command channel firing, firing rate 80 rounds per minute, and weights 15.6 kg, the maximum range of 20 km. Aft with a 122 mm “hail-M” rocket system, the above target for anti-shore, double salvo, can any target within 5-20 km of the moment reduced to ashes.

primary air defense weapon is the ZM-47 “bent” or “Mosquito” air defense missile systems, within the four missile launchers can be single or double firing, killing distance of 500-6000 meters, shot high 5 -3500 m, not only can attack air targets, but also destroy the small size of the target surface.

air defense weapons as a useful complement to the deck back of the room is equipped with two six 30 mm automatic gun and two 14.5 mm large-caliber machine gun, bow and stern with three 7.62 mm machine gun for fire surface and shore targets. Also comes with divers searching the “Anapa-ME” sonar and underwater saboteurs destroy portable grenade launcher. To improve air efficiency and aft part of superstructure and there are two sets PK-20 jamming system, if necessary, launch false targets, the role of air strikes on enemy missile weapons from the optical head, to deviate from the warships.

“tornado” stealth warships along the family is 泽列诺多利斯克 Design Bureau has developed since its establishment in 1949 of more than 800 ships in the most successful masterpiece, which use a unified platform, weapons and electronic equipment configuration overlap, and can save a lot of money in the case of the coast form a very strong fleet.