BPS-500 missile boat vs Type 062 gunboat

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Type 062 gunboat — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Type 062 gunboat

Gunboat

Credit

Mervyn Marie / Seychelles News Agency · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Type 062 gunboatShanghai-II class

38.78 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+12%

Type 062 gunboatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Complement+29%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

62m

38.78mShanghai-II class

Length

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

36 m

Shanghai-I class

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Type 062 gunboat configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Type 062 gunboat
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	2 × Soviet M50F-4 diesel engines , 1,200 hp (895 kW) 2 × 12D6 diesel engines, 910 hp (679 kW) 4 × shafts^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Shanghai I & II class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1950s-1990s^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	30 (PLAN)^[source]

Active	1^[source]	17 (PLAN) Unknown export number^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	30 (PLAN)^[source]

Type	Guided-missile corvette^[source]	Gunboat^[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 × navigational or surface search radar^[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]	Shanghai-I class : 1 × twin Type 66 57 mm (2.2 in) gun 4 × Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) 8 × Depth charges Shanghai-II class : 4 × Chinese Type 61 37 mm (1.5 in) guns (2×2) 4 × Chinese Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) 1 × Chinese 81 mm (3.2 in) recoilless gun (some) 8 × Depth charges^[source]