BPS-500 missile boat vs Léopard-class training ship

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Léopard-class training ship — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Léopard-class training ship

Training vessel

Credit

Marine nationale · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Léopard-class training shipLength

43 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+44%
Beam+33%
Speed+111%

Léopard-class training shiplarger figure on 1 of 4

Draught+28%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

62m

43m

Length+44%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

43 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Léopard-class training ship configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Léopard-class training ship
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Léopard class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	French Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1978–1983^[source]
In commission	2001–present^[source]	1982–present

Planned	4^[source]	8^[source]

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	8^[source]

Active	1^[source]	8^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Training vessel^[source]

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	335 t (330 long tons ) standard 470 t (460 long tons) full load^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	DRBN 32 radar^[source]

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]	2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Replaced in 2002 by 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns^[source]