ANaval support & landing craft
Offshore Raiding Craft
small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
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ANaval support & landing craft
small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
At a glance
Offshore Raiding Craftlarger figure on 0 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.1m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Offshore Raiding Craft | Zubr-class LCAC |
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| Power | Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.[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] |
| Builders | Holyhead Marine Services[source] | PO More in Feodosiya of Crimea, Khabarovsk shipyard, Almaz, Pribaltisk Yantar[source] |
| Active | Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)[source] | 10[source] |
| Type | Fast Assault Craft |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
57 m (187 ft)[source]
Maximum; " (CRC)
Single sourceMaximum; Light load Full load
Single sourceMaximum; (ORC); "up to
Single sourceLight load 39 knots, Full load 32 knots (ORC); "up to 40 knots" (CRC)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single sourceMaximum; sustainable
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Air-cushioned landing craft[source] |
| Armament | Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun[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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| Armour | Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)[source] | — |
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| Role | small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform | — |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Operators | — | Soviet Navy Russian Navy Hellenic Navy People's Liberation Army Navy[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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| Completed | — | 15[source] |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Scrapped | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Ekran-1 navigational radar, Lazur radar (Pozitiv radar on MDK-51), R-782 Buran communications system[source] |
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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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63 knots (117 km/h; 72 mph) 55 knots (102 km/h; 63 mph) sustainable[source]