Acero-class gunboat vs Gepard-class frigate

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Acero-class gunboat

Fast Attack Interdiction Craft-Missiled

Gepard-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Gepard-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Acero-class gunboatLength

32.65 m

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Gepard-class frigateApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

≈ 102.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Acero-class gunboatlarger figure on 0 of 1

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Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

32.65m

≈ 102mApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

Length

All recorded figures & sources

32.65 m

Length

Single source

32.65 m (107 ft 1 in)^[source]

≈ 102.4 m

Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II

Single source

Configuration

Details

Acero-class gunboat and Gepard-class frigate configuration
Specification	Acero-class gunboat	Gepard-class frigate
Displacement	95 tons full load^[source]	1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)^[source]
Builders	Israel Shipyards Ltd. , Haifa, Israel^[source]	Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky^[source]
Operators	Philippine Navy^[source]	Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Tomas Batilo class^[source]

Built	2021–2023^[source]	1991–2016^[source]

In commission	2022–present^[source]	—

Planned	9^[source]	10^[source]

Completed	9^[source]	6^[source]

Active	9^[source]	6^[source]

Type	Fast Attack Interdiction Craft-Missiled^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	2 × MTU 16V 4000 M70 diesel engines 2 x MJP-J650 waterjets^[source]	Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Furuno Navnet 3D X-band navigation/surface search radar Rafael Toplite electro-optical tracking system (EOTS)^[source]	MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna^[source]

Armament	1 x Rafael Typhoon MLS-NLOS missile launcher for 8 x Spike-NLOS surface-to-surface missiles (4 ships only) 1 × Mk.44 Bushmaster II autocannon mounted on Rafael Typhoon Mk 30-C remote-controlled weapon station 2 × M2HB Browning 12.7 mm/50 cal. heavy machine guns mounted on Rafael Mini Typhoon remote-controlled weapon stations 2 × M60 7.62 mm/30 cal. GP machine guns^[source]	Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)^[source]

Source measurement	A 5.2-meter rigid inflatable boat (RHIB) is stowed in the aft for those without the missile system, and is deployed using a 1,000-kilogram crane.^[source]Acero-class gunboat · Technical details; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage	—

Name	—	Gepard class (Project 1166.1)^[source]

Subclasses	—	Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3^[source]

Cost	—	11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )^[source]