Zubr class LCAC |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Almaz Shipbuilding |
| Operators: | Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Hellenic Navy |
| In commission: | 1988-Present |
| Active: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Air-cushioned landing craft |
| Displacement: | 340 tons (light) 415 tons (normal) 555 tons (full load)[1] |
| Length: | 57 m (187 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 25.6 m (84 ft)[3] |
| Draught: | 1.6 m (5.2 ft)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 5 Kuznetsov Type NK-12MV gas turbines;[2] 2 for lift, 3 for propulsion; 5 x 11,836 horsepower Propellers: 3 four bladed variable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 63 knots[1] 55 knots if sustained [1] |
| Range: | 300 mi (480 km) at 55 knots |
| Complement: | 31 (4 officers, 27 enlisted)[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
General detection radar Surface search radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Electronic Countermeasures System: Decoys, MS227 chaff launcher, ESM: Tool Box; intercept |
| Armament: | Strela-3 Portable Air Defense Missile System 4 x 4 launchers plus 32 Anti-Personnel missiles; or 2 SA-N-5 "Grail" quad launchers, manual aiming, infrared homing to 6 km at 1.5 Mach, altitude to 2,500 m, warhead 1.5 kg 30 mm AK-630 Air Defense Gun Mount 2 x 6 with 6000 rounds, 3,000 rounds/min combined to 2 km 140 mm Ogon launchers 2 x 22 with 132 rockets; or 2 retractable 122mm rocket launchers Mines (one set of removable equipment for laying from 20 to 80 mines, depending on their types) |
The Zubr class (Project 1232.2 class, NATO reporting name Pomornik) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft of soviet design. This class of military hovercraft is currently, as of 2008, the world’s largest hovercraft.[4] There are currently nine ships in active service in the world. The Zubr is used by the Russian, Ukrainian, and Greek navies.[3] The transfer of the Kefalonia (L- 180), the first of two Zubr hovercraft purchased by the Greeks,[5] to the Hellenic Navy marked the first time that a Russian-made ship was purchased by the navy of a NATO member.[6][7][8]
It is designed to sealift landing assault units (such as marines or tanks) from equipped/non-equipped vessels to non-equipped shore, as well as transport and plant mines.
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High strength and floatability of the craft are provided by a rectangular pontoon, the main load-carrying part of the ship's hull. The superstructure built on the pontoon is divided into 3 compartments with two longitudinal bulkheads: combat materiel compartment in the midsection fitted with tank ramps, and outboard sections housing main and auxiliary propulsion units, troop compartments, living quarters, and NBC protection systems. To improve working conditions in the battle stations, troop compartments and living quarters, they are fitted with air-conditioning and heating-systems, sound/heat-insulating coatings, and structures made of vibrodamping materials. The ship provides normal conditions for the crew to take meals and rest.
Personnel are protected against effects of weapons of mass destruction with airtight sealing of combat stations, crew and troop compartments, as well as individual gas masks and protection suits. The ship is also protected from influence mines with the horizontal winding to compensate for the ship's and the transported materiel's magnetic fields. The central command post and MS-227 device compartments are strengthened with alloy armour.
The Zubr landing craft has a cargo area of 400 square metres (4,300 sq ft), and a fuel capacity of 56 tons.[2] It can carry three main battle tanks (up to 131 tonnes), or ten armoured personnel carriers with 140 troops (up to 115 tonnes), or up to 500 troops (with 360 troops in the cargo compartment). At full displacement the ship is capable of negotiating up to 5-degree gradients on non-equipped shores and 1.6m-high vertical walls. The Zubr remains seaworthy in conditions up to Sea state 4. The vessel has a cruising speed of 30-40 knots.
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