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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 4
Shershen-class torpedo boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Shershen-class torpedo boat |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | Diesel-Direct: 3 × M503A diesels, 3 shafts, 3-bladed fixed-pitch props; 12,500 hp (9,300 kW )[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Project 206 Shtorm Torpedo Cutter[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | see below[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
34.08 m (111 ft 10 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1960–1970[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 123[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] | Torpedo boat[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] | Radar: MR-102 Baklan , MR-104 Rys' , "High Pole"[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] | 2 × AK-230 30 mm (1.2 in)/65 naval guns 1 × quad SA-N-5 MANPAD surface-to-air missiles 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (typically, Type 53-56 torpedo ) 2 × DC racks (often deleted)[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Yaroslavl Shipyard Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard Sosnovskiy Shipyard , Sosnovka Kraljevica Shipyard, Yugoslavia[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Turya class[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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