Sunday, December 18, 2011

[Moskwa class] [Helicopter carrier] [Cruiser] [Russia]


























Moskwa class - High definition illustration

[Moskwa class] [Helicopter carrier cruiser] [Russia]

Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy

Displacement: 14950 tons standard, 17500 tons full load
Length: 189 m
Beam: 23 m
Draught: 13 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 pressure fire boilers, 100000 hp
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h)
Range: 14000 nautical miles at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 850

Radar: Top Sail (air warning), Head Net, 2x Head Light (SAM guidance), 2x Muff Comb (gun fire control), 2x Don 2 (navigation)
Sonar: Moose Jaw (low frequency bow mounted), Mare Tail VDS

Armament:

• 2× twin SA-N-3 "Goblet" SAM launchers
• 2× twin 57 mm guns
• 1× SUW-N-1 launcher for FRAS-1 anti submarine missiles
• 2× RBU-6000 ASW rockets
• 10× (2×5) 553 mm torpedo tubes

Aircraft carried: 18× Kamov Ka-25 or Mi-8 helicopters

Saturday, December 17, 2011

[Udaloy class] [Destroyer] [Russia]



















Udaloy class - High definition illustration

Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy
In commission: 1980

Displacement: 6200 tons standard, 7900 tons full load
Length: 163 m
Beam: 19.3 m
Draught: 6.2 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120000 hp
Speed: 35 knots
Range: 10500 nautical miles at 14 knots
Complement: 300

Radar: MR-760MA Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search radar and MR-320M Topaz-V/Strut Pair air/surface search radar
Sonar: Horse Tail LF VDS sonar and Horse Jaw bow mounted LF sonar
Fire Control: 2 MR-360 Podkat/Cross Sword SA-N-9 SAM control, 2 3P37/Hot Flash SA-N-11 SAM control, Garpun-BAL SSM targeting
Electronic warfare and decoys: Bell Squat jammer, Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Crown intercept, 2 x PK-2 decoy RL, 10 x PK-10 decoy RL in later ships

Armament:

• 8 (2x4) SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles (2x4 SS-N-22 Sunburn ASCM in Udaloy II)
• 64 (8x8) SA-N-9 Gauntlet surface to air missiles
• 2x Kortik SAM (SA-N-11)
• 2x 100mm/70cal DP guns (2x AK-130 130mm guns on Udaloy II)
• 4x 30mm AA guns (4x AK-630 CIWS 30mm Gatling guns in Udaloy II)
• 8 (2x4) 553mm torpedo tubes (RPK-2 Viyuga / SS-N-15)
• 2x RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (2x10 RBU-Udav ASW RL in Udaloy II)

Aircraft carried: 2x Ka-27

Friday, December 16, 2011

[Sovremennyy class] [Destroyer] [Russia]



















Sovremennyy destroyer - High definition illustration

Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy
In commission: 1980

Displacement: 6200 tons standard, 7940 tons full load
Length: 156 m
Beam: 17.3 m
Draught: 6.5 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 100000 hp; 2 fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators and 2 diesel generators
Speed: 32.7 knots
Range: 14000 nautical miles at 14 knots
Complement: 350

Radar: Air target acquisition radar, 3 navigation radars, 130 mm gun fire control radars, 30 mm air-defence gun fire control radar
Sonar: Active and passive under-keel sonar
ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire control system, and torpedo fire control system
Electronic warfare and decoys: 2 PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rockets)

Armament:

• 2× 4 Moskit SSM P-100 (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') anti-ship missiles
• 2× 24 Shtil SAM (SA-N-7 'Gadfly')
• 4× (2×2) AK-130-MR-184 130 mm guns
• 4× 30 mm AK-630 Gatling guns
• 4× (2×2) 553 mm torpedo tubes
• 2× RBU-1000 300 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher

Aircraft carried: 1× Ka-27

Thursday, December 15, 2011

[Krivak class] [Frigate] [Russia]




















Krivak frigate - High definition illustration

Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy, FSB Coast Guard, Indian Navy, Ukrainian Navy

Displacement: 3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
Length: 123.5 m
Beam: 14.1 m
Draft: 4.6 m
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines, 14950 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4995 nautical miles (9251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 200

Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search
Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS
Fire Control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group
Electronic warfare and decoys: Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys

Armament:

• 1× 4 URK-5(SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles
• 2× Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
• 4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2×1 100 mm guns)
• 2×RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
• 2×4 533 mm torpedo tubes

Aircraft carried: Ka-27 (Krivak III only)

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

[Kirov class] [Battlecruisser] [Russia]



















Kirov battlecruiser - High definition illustration


Operators: Soviet Navy / Russian Navy
In service: 1980

Displacement: 24300 tons standard, 28000 tons full load
Length: 252 m
Beam: 28.5 m
Draft: 9.1 m
Propulsion: 2x shaft CONAS, 2× KN-3 nuclear propulsion with 2× GT3A-688 steam turbines, 140000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 1000 nautical miles (2000 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) on combined propulsion, unlimited at 20 knots (37 km/h) on nuclear power
Complement: 710

Radars: Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar, Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar, 2× Palm Frond navigation radar
Sonar: Horse Jaw LF hull sonar, Horse Tail VDS (Variable Depth Sonar)
Electronic warfare and decoys: 2x PK-2 Decoy dispensers (400 rockets)

Missiles:

• 20× P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) AShM
• 14× SS-N-14 Silex ASW cruise missiles (Ushakov only)
• 96x S-300PMU Favorit SA-N-6 Grumble surface-to-air missiles (Ushakov, Lazarev, Nakhimov)
• 96x S-300FM (SA-N-20 Gargoyle) long-range SAM (Pyotr Velikhy)
• 192x 9K311 Tor (SA-N-9 Gauntlet) point defense SAM
• 44x OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) PD SAM

Guns:

• 1× twin AK-130 130 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (2× AK-100 100 mm/L60 DP guns in Ushakov)
• 8× AK-630 six-barreled Gatling 30 mm/L60 PD guns (Ushakov, Lazarev)
• 6× CADS-N-1 Kashtan gun/missile system (Nakhimov, Pyotr Velikhy)

Torpedoes and others:

• 1× 10 RBU-1000 305 mm ASW rocket launchers
• 2× 6 RBU-12000 (Udav-1) 254 mm ASW rocket launchers
• 10× 533 mm ASW/ASuW torpedo tubes, Type 53 torpedo or RPK-2 Viyuga (SS-N-15) ASW missile

Armour: 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection

Aircraft carried: 3 helicopters