Brazilian frigate União vs Gepard-class frigate

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Brazilian frigate União

Credit

Marinha do Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Gepard-class frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Gepard-class frigate

Frigate

Credit

Vissarion · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Brazilian frigate UniãoLength

129.2 m

Length source ↗

Gepard-class frigateApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

≈ 102.4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Brazilian frigate Uniãolarger figure on 1 of 2

Complement+131%

Gepard-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2

Draught+4%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 39 rows sourced on both sides

129m

≈ 102mApprox Gepard 3.9 batch II

Length

All recorded figures & sources

129.2 m

Length

Single source

129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)^[source]

≈ 102.4 m

Approx Gepard 3.9 batch II

Single source

Approx 102.4 m (336 ft) (Gepard 3.9 batch II)^[source]

13.5m

15mGepard 3.9

Beam

All recorded figures & sources

13.5 m

Beam

Single source

13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)^[source]

13.09 m

Approx

Single source

15 m

Gepard 3.9

Single source

13.09 m (42.9 ft) Approx 15 m (49 ft) (Gepard 3.9)^[source]

5.5m

5.7m

Draught+4%

All recorded figures & sources

5.5 m

Draught

Single source

5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)^[source]

5.7 m

Draught

Single source

5.7 m (19 ft)^[source]

1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

3.355 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

3.355 t (3.302 long tons )^[source]

1,500 tons (standard) 2,500 tons (Gepard 3.9)^[source]

217

Complement+131%

All recorded figures & sources

217 people

Complement

Single source

217^[source]

94 people

Complement

Single source

94^[source]

56km/hMaximum

54km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

56 km/h

Maximum

Single source

41 km/h

Maximum; diesels only

Single source

30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (maximum) 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesels only)^[source]

54 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)^[source]

9,800km

7,000kmat 10 knots (19 km/h)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

9,800 km

Range

Single source

5,300 nmi (9,800 km; 6,100 mi)^[source]

7,000 km

at 10 knots (19 km/h)

Single source

4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Brazilian frigate União and Gepard-class frigate configuration
Specification	Brazilian frigate União	Gepard-class frigate
Power	CODOG , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42,000 kW (56,000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13,000 kW (17,000 hp ) combined^[source]	—
Name	União^[source]	Gepard class (Project 1166.1)^[source]
Namesake	União^[source]	—
Builder	Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro^[source]	—
Launched	14 March 1975^[source]	—
Christened	11 June 1972^[source]	—
Commissioned	12 September 1980^[source]	—
Home port	Rio de Janeiro^[source]	—
Identification	MMSI number : 710467000 Callsign : PWUN Pennant number : F-45^[source]	—
Status	Active^[source]	—
Class & type	Niterói -class frigate^[source]	—
Endurance	45 days^[source]	20 days^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	Modernized: Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system^[source]	MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers^[source]	EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers^[source]
Armament	Modernized: 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets^[source]	Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)^[source]
Aircraft carried	Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter^[source]	—
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar^[source]	—
Used by	Brazilian Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified	—
Builders	—	Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky^[source]
Operators	—	Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]
Preceded by	—	Koni class Grisha class^[source]
Subclasses	—	Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3^[source]
Cost	—	11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )^[source]
Built	—	1991–2016^[source]
Planned	—	10^[source]
Completed	—	6^[source]
Cancelled	—	2^[source]
Active	—	6^[source]
Type	—	Frigate^[source]
Propulsion	—	Twin-shaft CODOG , FPP, 2 × 14,300 + 1 × 6,000 (kW)^[source]
Notes	—	[1]^[source]
National origin	—	Russia^[source]

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Brazilian frigate União

Gepard-class frigate

Power

CODOG , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42,000 kW (56,000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13,000 kW (17,000 hp ) combined^[source]

—

Name

União^[source]

Gepard class (Project 1166.1)^[source]

Namesake

União^[source]

—

Builder

Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro^[source]

—

Launched

14 March 1975^[source]

—

Christened

11 June 1972^[source]

—

Commissioned

12 September 1980^[source]

—

Home port

Rio de Janeiro^[source]

—

Identification

MMSI number : 710467000 Callsign : PWUN Pennant number : F-45^[source]

—

Status

Active^[source]

—

Class & type

Niterói -class frigate^[source]

—

Endurance

45 days^[source]

20 days^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

Modernized: Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system^[source]

MR-231-1 Pal navigation radar Mineral-ME shipborne multifunctional radar system (including guidance and target designation functions for cruise missiles ) 5P-26/MR-352 Pozitiv-ME1/-ME1.2 3D active shipborne radars 5P-10E-03E Laska fire control radar for naval gun and CIWS Sonar : MGK-335EM-03 with under-keel antenna^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers^[source]

EW Suite : 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, Countermeasures : 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 decoy launchers^[source]

Armament

Modernized: 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets^[source]

Artillery: 1 × 76.2mm AK-176M/MA naval gun 2 × AK-630M CIWS ( Tatarstan and VPN configuration) Cruise missiles : 8 × UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr missiles ( Dagestan ) (up to 16x cells in configurations offered to the export market; options for Club-N , Yakhont and BrahMos missile systems are available) 2 × quadruple launchers (2×4) Kh-35 anti-ship missiles ( Tatarstan and VPN 's Batch I & II configuration) Anti-submarine warfare : 2 × 533mm DTA-53 twin-tube (2×2) torpedo launchers (not featured on VPN 's Batch I) Naval mines Anti-air warfare : 1 × Palash/Palma-SU CIWS featured with 8x Sosna-R short range air defense missiles ( Dagestan and VPN configuration) 1 × Osa-M twin-launcher for 20x 9M33M short range air defense missiles ( Tatarstan ) 12 × Shtil-1 VLS cells for 9M317ME medium-range surface-to-air missiles (offered configuration for the export market)^[source]

Aircraft carried

Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter^[source]

—

Aviation facilities

Helipad and hangar^[source]

—

Used by

Brazilian Navy^[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified

—

Builders

—

Zelenodolsk Plant Gorky^[source]

Operators

—

Russian Navy Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

Preceded by

—

Koni class Grisha class^[source]

Subclasses

—

Project 11661 Tatarstan Project 11661K Dagestan Project 11661E Gepard: Gepard 3.9: Batch I; Batch II Gepard 5.1 Gepard 5.3^[source]

Cost

—

11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch I): US$175 million per ship 11661E (Gepard 3.9 batch II): US$350 million per ship (price included ammunition, maintenance packages signed between Vietnam and Russia )^[source]

Built

—

1991–2016^[source]

Planned

—

10^[source]

Completed

—

6^[source]

Cancelled

—

2^[source]