BPS-500 missile boat vs T43-class minesweeper

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

BWarships

T43-class minesweeper

Minesweeper

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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T43-class minesweeperLater

60 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Beam+31%
Speed+111%

T43-class minesweeperlarger figure on 1 of 3

Complement+132%

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

62m

60mLater

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

58 m

Early

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and T43-class minesweeper configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	T43-class minesweeper
Displacement	—	Early: 580 tons (full load) Later: 600 tons (full load)^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 x Type 9D diesel engines; 2 shafts Total output: 2,200 bhp (1,600 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	T43 class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Albanian Naval Force Algerian National Navy Bangladesh Navy Bulgarian Navy People's Liberation Army Navy Egyptian Navy Indonesian Navy Iraqi Navy Polish Navy

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1948 - c. 1995^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	c. 1950 - present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	200+ (Soviet Union) 60+ (China) 12 (Poland)^[source]

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Minesweeper^[source]

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	Ball End surface search radar Neptun navigation radar Hull-mounted sonar^[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 x twin 37 mm/63 cal. guns 2 x twin 25 mm/80 cal. guns (later ships) 2 x depth charge projectors 16 x naval mines^[source]