BPS-500 missile boat vs Type 021 missile boat

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Type 021 missile boat — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 021 missile boat

Credit

originally taken by ---=XEON=--- , extracted by StefanTsingtauer · 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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Type 021 missile boatLength

38.6 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+61%
Beam+62%

Type 021 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+10%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 37 rows sourced on both sides

62m

38.6m

Length+61%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

38.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Type 021 missile boat configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Type 021 missile boat
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	—
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	—
In commission	2001–present^[source]	—
Planned	4^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	—

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	—

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

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	1× Type 352 Square Tie 1× Fire control radar in aft radome (some)^[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]	4 × Silkworm missiles or 4× C-101 supersonic anti-ship missiles 4× AK-230 2× 25 mm (II x 2)^[source]

National origin	Russia^[source]	—

Alternative designation	BPS-500^[source]	Type 021-class missile boat^[source]

Builders	—	Hudong Shipyard^[source]

Preceded by	—	Osa-class missile boat^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 037-IG class missile boat^[source]

Subclasses	—	Huangfeng class Hola class Houdong class^[source]

Propulsion	—	3 shafts^[source]

Country of origin	—	People's Republic of China^[source]

Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Bangladesh Navy Reported operator · People's Liberation Army Navy Reported operator · Pakistan Navy Reported operator · Korean People's Navy Reported operator · Yemeni Navy Reported operator · Islamic Republic of Iran Navy