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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 5
Polnocny-class landing shiplarger figure on 2 of 5
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Polnocny-class landing ship |
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| Displacement | — | 834 tons full load (Polnocny-B)[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 2 Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesels, 2 shafts, 4,400 bhp[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Polnochny[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Algerian National Navy Azerbaijani Navy Somali Navy Syrian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
73 m (239 ft 6 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 1967[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 108[source] |
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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] | Landing ship, tank[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] | — |
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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] | Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system (4 launchers) 30 mm AK-230 air defence gun (2 or 4 twin mounts) 140 mm Ogon 18-barreled rocket launcher(2)[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Stocznia Północna shipyard at Gdańsk , (Poland), Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej at Gdynia , Poland[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Ropucha class Lublin -class minelayer-landing ship[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Polnocny-A (Type 770); Polnocny-B (Type 771); Polnocny-C (Type 773); Modified Polnocny-C (Type 776); Polnocny-D (Type 773U); NS-722; Kumbhir -class tank landing ship[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 12 BMP-2 4 Main battle tanks 250 tons[source] |
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| Troops | — | 250[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Troop capacity | — | 250[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Reported operators | — |
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