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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Gepard-class frigate |
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| Displacement | — | 1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | — |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Gepard class (Project 1166.1)[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present |
Gepard-class frigatelarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Approx 102.4 m (336 ft) (Gepard 3.9 batch II)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1991–2016[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 10[source] |
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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] | 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] |
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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] | 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] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | Russia[source] |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Koni class Grisha class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3[source] |
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| 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] |
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| Cancelled | — |
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| Propulsion | — | Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers[source] |
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| Notes | — | [1][source] |
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