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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Tamandaré-class frigate |
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| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Tamandaré class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Brazilian Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 2022–present[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 2026–present |
Tamandaré-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 3
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107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)[source]
Displacement
Single source3.500 t (3.445 long tons )[source]
2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | General-purpose 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] | Atlas ANCS combat management system Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar Anschütz NSX X-band navigation radar Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar Thales STIR 1.2 EO fire control radar Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical system Identification Friend or Foe system SATCOM system[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] | 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (in stealth cupola) 1 × Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm CIWS 2 × FN Herstal Sea Defender 12.7 mm RWS 2 × twin missile canisters for up to 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles 1 × 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 54 torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | TKMS[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Niterói class Broadsword class Inhaúma class[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$ 555 million per unit (est.)[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × RHIBs[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system Terma C-Guard decoy launching system[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 S-70B Seahawk or H225M helicopter 1 Unmanned Air Systems: Boeing Insitu ScanEagle[source] |
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| Notes | — | Sources:[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Brazil[source] |
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