What is a Gepard class frigate?
Gepard-class frigate. The Russian Gepard-class frigates (Project 1166.1) is a class of frigates that were intended as successors to the earlier Koni-class frigates and Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb (Hawk), was laid down at the Zelenodol’sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991.
Is there a Gepard class ship in Ghana?
(January 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Type 143A Gepard class was a class of missile bearing fast attack craft ( German: Schnellboot) and the last one in service with the German Navy before the remaining four operational ships were decommissioned on 16 November 2016. The Ghana Navy operates two such ships.
What is the Gepard-class?
The Gepard-class was designed from the outset as a lightweight, inexpensive export vessel. Russia offers three variants of the class to the market:
What is a Gepard?
They are equipped with fin stabilizers and twin rudders, and can use either gas turbines or diesel for propulsion in a CODOG configuration. Gepard is Russian for cheetah . In October 2015, Dagestan, in company with three other Russian Navy ships serving with the Caspian Flotilla, launched cruise missiles at targets in Syria.
What kind of missiles does the Gepard class ship have?
The Uran-E shipborne missile system aboard the Gepard Class can fire Kh-35E anti-ship missiles. The Gepard Class has a helicopter deck for a Ka-28 or a Ka-31 Helix naval helicopter. A Gepard 3.9 Class frigate under construction.
What kind of gun does a Gepard frigate have?
A Gepard 3.9 Class frigate under construction. Gepard Class is fitted with a 7.62mm AK-176M gun. The Uran-E shipborne missile system aboard the Gepard Class can fire Kh-35E anti-ship missiles. The Gepard Class has a helicopter deck for a Ka-28 or a Ka-31 Helix naval helicopter. A Gepard 3.9 Class frigate under construction.
When did Vietnam get the Gepard frigates?
The Vietnam People’s Navy received in March and August 2011 two Gepard 3.9-class frigates ordered in 2006. In late 2011 Vietnam signed a contract for an additional batch of two missile frigates in an anti-submarine version.