Adhafer-class corvette vs Gepard-class frigate

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Gepard-class frigate

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Adhafer-class corvetteLength

120 m

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Gepard-class frigateApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

≈ 102.4 m

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120m

≈ 102mApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

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Adhafer-class corvette and Gepard-class frigate configuration
Specification	Adhafer-class corvette	Gepard-class frigate
Displacement	2,880 tons standard, 3,000 tons full load^[source]	1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)^[source]
Builders	CSSC^[source]	Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky^[source]
Operators	Algerian National Navy^[source]	Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
In service	2016^[source]

Planned	6^[source]	10^[source]

Completed	3^[source]	6^[source]

Active	3^[source]	6^[source]

Type	Corvette^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Propulsion	4 × MTU-1163 16V diesel engines 4 × Mecmar exhaust gas system^[source]	Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	Rigid-hulled inflatable boat^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: Smart-S Mk2 3D Radar Type 364 Air search radar 2 × Kelvin Hughes navigation radars.^[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]

Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM ; 2 × Type 726-4 Decoy launcher system.^[source]	EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers^[source]

Armament	Guns : 1 × NG-16-1(76 mm) Main Gun 2 × Seven-barrel 30 mm Type-730 CIWS . Missiles : 2 × Quad C-802 active radar homing Launchers up to 280km at (Mach 0.9) 1 × 8-Cell FM90N launcher for HQ-7 naval short-range air defence missiles. Fire control : 1 × Type 345 fire-control radar 2 × Type 347 fire-control radar. Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × Triple 324mm torpedo launchers.^[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]

Aircraft carried	Super-Lynx Mk140^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Flight Deck Hangar^[source]	—

Role	type of stealth corvette belonging to the Algerian Navy^[source]	—

Source measurement	The Adhafer -class corvette is a type of stealth corvette belonging to the Algerian Navy . They are built in China by China State Shipbuilding Corporation CSSC in its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. The ship is 120 metres (393 ft 8 in) long and 14.4 metres (47 ft 3 in) wide and has a standard displacement of 2,880 tons. Three Adhafer -class ships were commissioned, with an option for three others of the same type. The first unit was launched on 15 August 2014 and commissioned in November 2015. The second and third were both commissioned in 2016.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The displacement of the Adhafer -class corvette is about 2,880 tons standard and 3,000 tons full load. The propulsion system consists of four MTU diesel engines.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The ship features a "low point" design and combines this with radar absorbing paint to reduce radar signature. In a departure from existing designs, there is no funnel stack . Instead, the diesels exhaust near the waterline to minimise infrared signatures . Top speed is expected to be around 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The hull has two sets of fin stabilisers as well as bilge keels .^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The ships are equipped with an Italian 76 mm NG-16-1 naval cannon as their main gun, inside a turret with a reduced radar cross-section design. They may engage surface targets as well as aircraft.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The Adhafer class carries HQ-7 naval short-range air defence missiles in eight-cell FM90 launcher. The missile's operating altitude is 15~6,000 m and a range of 700 m to 15 km, it offers combined guidance by command and electro-optical tracking.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The ship also carries C-802A anti-ship missiles in two quad launchers, which can target ships within the range of 280 km, and two triple 324 mm torpedo launchers. Two seven-barrel 30 mm Type 730 CIWS , both mounted atop the hangar, provide close-in defence. Each gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4,600~5,800 rounds/min.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The ships are equipped with Smart-S Mk2 medium to long-range air and surface surveillance 3D multibeam PESA radar designed by Thales Nederland , with a maximum range of 250 km. Two navigation radars - an I-band (X-band) set and an E/F-band (S-band) set - that are thought to be Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radars. In addition of Type 364 targeting and secondary air search radar. One Type 345 fire-control radar system used to guide the FM90N missiles. Two Type 347 fire-control radars control the Type 730 CIWS . They are also equipped with a hull-mounted sonar of Chinese origin.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Sensors; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage	—

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The Adhafer -class corvette is a type of stealth corvette belonging to the Algerian Navy . They are built in China by China State Shipbuilding Corporation CSSC in its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. The ship is 120 metres (393 ft 8 in) long and 14.4 metres (47 ft 3 in) wide and has a standard displacement of 2,880 tons. Three Adhafer -class ships were commissioned, with an option for three others of the same type. The first unit was launched on 15 August 2014 and commissioned in November 2015. The second and third were both commissioned in 2016.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The displacement of the Adhafer -class corvette is about 2,880 tons standard and 3,000 tons full load. The propulsion system consists of four MTU diesel engines.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The ship features a "low point" design and combines this with radar absorbing paint to reduce radar signature. In a departure from existing designs, there is no funnel stack . Instead, the diesels exhaust near the waterline to minimise infrared signatures . Top speed is expected to be around 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The hull has two sets of fin stabilisers as well as bilge keels .^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The ships are equipped with an Italian 76 mm NG-16-1 naval cannon as their main gun, inside a turret with a reduced radar cross-section design. They may engage surface targets as well as aircraft.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The Adhafer class carries HQ-7 naval short-range air defence missiles in eight-cell FM90 launcher. The missile's operating altitude is 15~6,000 m and a range of 700 m to 15 km, it offers combined guidance by command and electro-optical tracking.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The ship also carries C-802A anti-ship missiles in two quad launchers, which can target ships within the range of 280 km, and two triple 324 mm torpedo launchers. Two seven-barrel 30 mm Type 730 CIWS , both mounted atop the hangar, provide close-in defence. Each gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4,600~5,800 rounds/min.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Armament; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The ships are equipped with Smart-S Mk2 medium to long-range air and surface surveillance 3D multibeam PESA radar designed by Thales Nederland , with a maximum range of 250 km. Two navigation radars - an I-band (X-band) set and an E/F-band (S-band) set - that are thought to be Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radars. In addition of Type 364 targeting and secondary air search radar. One Type 345 fire-control radar system used to guide the FM90N missiles. Two Type 347 fire-control radars control the Type 730 CIWS . They are also equipped with a hull-mounted sonar of Chinese origin.^[source]Adhafer-class corvette · Design / Sensors; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

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

Preceded by	—	Koni class Grisha class^[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]