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Armored Artillery Boat project 58155 "Gyurza-M" was developed
by Ukrainian company "State-owned research and design center of
shipbuilding" in Nikolaev the existing project 58150 "Gyurza".
Two Gyurza class Armored Boats were built by "Leninska Kuznya"
in 2004 for the border Service of Uzbekistan. The purchase was funded
by the USA (5.6 million US Dollars).
Project 58155 "Gyurza-M" are larger with a total displacement
of 50.7 tons, a length of 23 meters, a width of 4.8 meters and a draft
of 1 meter. Maximum speed of "Gyurza-M" is 25 knots with a
cruising range of 700 miles (at economic speed). The endurance of the
vessel is five days. The crew consists of five sailors.
"Gyurza-M" boats will be fitted with two BM-5M.01 "Katran-M"
remotely operated turret located forward and aft. This turret is built
by "Mykolayiv Mechanical Repair Plant". It is a naval variant
of the fighting module BM-3 "Storm" developped for armored
vehicles. Each "Katran-M" module is fitted with a 30-mm automatic
cannon ZTM1, 30-mm automatic grenade launcher and 7.62mm machine gun,
as well as two "Barrier" anti-tank missiles with a laser guidance
system.
The boat is equipped with electro-optical fire control system, and also
has a set of portable air defense missile systems. |
