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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Brandenburg-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Brandenburg-class frigate |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | CODOG (combined diesel or gas) two propeller shafts , controllable pitch propellers two MTU 20V 956 TB92 diesel-engines , 8.14 MW each two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines , 38 MW total two Renk BGS 178 Lo gearboxes[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Brandenburg class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | German Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
138.85 m (455 ft 7 in)[source]
3,600 tons ( full load
Single source3,600 tons (4,490 t full load)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1992–1996[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 1994–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | One Thales LW08 air search D band radar one Thales SMART-S air/surface surveillance F band radar two Thales STIR 180 fire-control radar two Raytheon Redpath I band navigation radar one STN Atlas DSQS-23BZ hull-mounted sonar one STN Atlas TASS 6-3 (LFTASS) towed array sonar ( Bayern only)[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | Naval guns: One OTO-Melara 76 mm /62 Mk 75 multi-purpose naval gun Two Mauser BK-27 27 mm rapid-fire cannons Anti-aircraft warfare : One Mk 41 Mod 3 vertical launch system for 16 Sea Sparrow antiaircraft missiles ( ESSM planned) CIWS: Two Mk 49 launchers for 21 x Rolling Airframe Missiles Anti-ship missiles : Two quadruple launchers for 8 x Harpoon anti-ship missiles ) (replaced two twin launchers for 4 x MM38 Exocet missiles ) Anti-submarine warfare : Four 324 mm torpedo tubes , Mk 46 torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Blohm + Voss Howaldtswerke Nordseewerke Bremer Vulkan[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Hamburg class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Niedersachsen class (cancelled) MEKO A-200 DEU class (actual)[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 303 million per unit[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 EADS FL 1800S ECM suite four TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy dispenser (replaced two OTO-Melara SCLAR dispensers in 2009)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Two Sea Lynx helicopters equipped with ASW torpedoes , or air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and a heavy machine gun.[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source] |
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