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Durance-class tankerlarger figure on 1 of 3
Zubr-class LCAClarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source157.2 m (515 ft 9 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Durance-class tanker | Zubr-class LCAC |
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| Power | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines 2 shafts, 15,000 kW (20,000 hp )[source] | 3 x 10,000 horsepower (7,500 kW) propelling M35-1 gas turbine units or M70FRU2&2R 2 x 10,000 hp supercharging M35-2 gas turbine units or M85RU/FR E80D7 M70FRU\2 4 x NO10 superchargers Propellers: 3 four-bladed variable-pitch propellers[source] |
| Name | Durance class[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Argentine Navy Royal Saudi Navy Royal Australian Navy (retired)[source] | Soviet Navy Russian Navy Hellenic Navy People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Chevallier class[source] |
57 m (187 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Subclasses | Boraida class[source] | — |
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| Built | 1973–1990[source] | — |
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| Completed | 15[source] |
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| Active | 10[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Replenishment oiler[source] | Air-cushioned landing craft[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × DRBN 34 radars[source] | Ekran-1 navigational radar, Lazur radar (Pozitiv radar on MDK-51), R-782 Buran communications system[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in)/L60 gun 4 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) M2 Browning machine guns 3 × Simbad Mistral missile launcher[source] | 4 × Strela-3 man-portable air defence missile system launchers, plus 32 anti-personnel missiles; or 2 x Strela 2 quad launchers, manual aiming, infrared homing to 6 km (3.7 mi) at Mach 1.5, maximum altitude of 2,500 m (8,200 ft) 2 × 30 mm AK-630 close in weapon systems with 6,000 rounds each, maximum range of 2 km (1.2 mi) 2 × 140 mm Ogon launchers, 22 rockets each with 132 rockets in total; or 2 x 122 mm retractable rocket launchers Mines (one set of removable equipment for laying from 20 to 80 mines, depending on their types)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter pad[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Naval Group, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Brest Arsenal[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | PO More in Feodosiya of Crimea, Khabarovsk shipyard, Almaz, Pribaltisk Yantar[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1986–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 17[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Scrapped | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Electronic Countermeasures System: Decoys, MS-227 chaff launcher, MP-411 ESM radar system; intercept[source] |
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| National origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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