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Military


Project 58155 "Gurza-M"
River armored artillery boat (RAAB)

Type River armored artillery boat (RAAB)
Purpose
  • Patrol service of border river, lakes and maritime littoral zones
  • Fight with small size boats of smugglers and trespassers
  • Fight with small size protected coastal targets (ATV, bunker shelters)
  • Protection of vital stationary and floating hydroengineering constructions
  • Securing of operations of intelligence and diversionary groups
  • Navigational escort of detached vessels on internal waterways
  • Protection of seafaring safety on international and internal waterways
  • Length20,70 m
    Length overall18,00 m
    Width overall3,90 m
    Side height by middle2,25 m
    Draft by full displacement0,70 m
    Displacement, t Standard34,41 t
    Nominal38,38 t
    Full39,91 t
    Speed on deep and quiet water at 15ºC
    Full ahead27,80 knots
    Economic11,00 knots
    Cruising range
    At economic speed 450 miles
    Boat endurance with foodstuffs 5 days
    Tank capacity
    Fuel oil3,0 t
    Fresh water0,15 t
    Crewmembers
  • 1 Officer (midshipman)
  • 4 Sergeant and sailors
  • 5 Total
  • HabitabilityBoat crew accommodates in double-birth cabin (for officer + reserve) and cabin for 4 persons. Boat equipped with galley and foodstuffs storeroom with 1 refrigerator for food preparing. Also boat equipped with shower room, toilet and awning equipment
    Landing capacityRAAB meant for accommodation of intelligence and landing group (6-8 persons) with light caliber gun.
    Operation standards RAAB “Gyurza” complies with following standards:
  • International convention of human protection SOLAS-74 with Protocol 1978 and amendments 1981, 1988, 1995, 1996.
  • International convention of marine pollution prevention MARPOL- 73/ 78
  • Other international, national and regional rules according to demands of Buyer.
  • ArmamentBoat armaments consist of two modified turrest BMP-2 and BTR-70
  • single 30mm artillery system
  • Automatic grenade launcher UAG-40 shoots for the distance of over 2000 meters. It is an effective armory against the enemy, thin-skinned equipment and against protective shelter. UAG – 40 is the first portable automatic grenade launcher. UAG - 40 reposes on the tripod before shooting. The total weight of the grenade launcher with tripod is less than 30 kilograms. Tripod’s design allows spewing shells from unprepared sites. High level of portability and no need to prepare operating site allows quick change of firing position both in the open air and in an urban environment. Using UAG-40 can be resulted with flame efficiency of ground campaign.
  • MANPADS
  • Navigational equipment
  • RAAB equipped with navigation radar M-1933 CNT bk2 FURUNO for above-water targets detection and for navigational tasks solution,
  • Echo sounder and magnetic compass Mini-C for navigation provided. vGPS j NAV –500 satellite receiver-indicator of location coordinates to be installed additionally.
  • Communication devices RAAB “Gyurza” equipped with following communication devices for communication with bases, ships, civil vessels and land forces:
  • SW transceiver Harris RF-5800H-MP 005 (60 W)
  • SW transceiver Barrett-950 (35 W)
  • VHF transceiver Motorola GP- 360 (25 W)
  • VHF transceiver Motorola P- 173 M (for land forces connection)
  • TL antenna systems
  • Watch facility
  • RAAB equipped with “COBA” retrieval system with stabilized vision for search, identification of coastal above-water targets in daytime and nighttime and for transmitting of target search data to armaments installed in conning towers.
  • For all-round searching with closed armored porthole covers provided tank searching devices TNP-B
  • ProtectionRAAB structurally is the boat with citadel armored protection scheme covered the wheelhouse, engine room, artillery section, tower barbettes meant for protection of bullets with caliber 5,56 (SS-109 patron – NATO standard) and bullets caliber 7,62 mm of 1943.
    Propulsion system
    Main engines Main propulsion system consists of 2 diesel engines with reverse transmission reducers CAT 3406 E –Caterpillar –650 kW with rotation speed 2300 r/h
    Shaft lines and engines RAAB equipped with 2 shaft lines. Each of them consists of propeller shaft, main bearings, stern tube arrangement and two bronze 3-blade FPP propellers. To avoid any possible damages of propellers in shallow waters they installed in special hull tunnels above BL
    Power plantRAAB equipped with one diesel-generator C2-2, 220 V, 50 Hz and 2 DC generators 10kW, 27 V hanged on main engines. Boat equipped with one 4kW static transformer for 27V DC consumption. For DC network service in harbor and emergency situation (also for diesel-generator start), RAAB equipped with battery consisted of 4 accumulators.
    Lightings, alarm and signal lightsRAAB equipped with main (internal and external) lightings 220V, autonomic source emergency lighting from, signal lights, one signal projector and one search projector with remote control.
    Inventory equipment and SPTBoat equipped with inventory munition, spare parts, tools and devices. Part of inventory munition and tools are onboard of boat and part stores ashore.




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