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Naval
Industry News - Russia, Ukraine, China |
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Russia's
Rosoboronexport to supply China with Zubr landing craft ordered in Ukraine |
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According
to Russian state owned news outlet TASS, Russia’s arms exporter
Rosoboronexport intends to fulfill the contract on the supply of the
Zubr landing ships to China, Rosoboronexport deputy CEO Igor Sevastyanov
told reporters on Friday at the International Maritime Defence Show
(IMDS-2015) in St. Petersburg. |
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2012 pictures showing the first Zubr class LCAC for PLAN conducting
trials in Ukraine
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"The Morye shipyard that designed these Zubr
vessels is a Russian plant, so, naturally, the task is to fulfill this
contract — the contract that had been signed between Ukraine and
the People’s Republic of China," Sevastyanov said.
Shipyard Morye specializes in the production of high-speed dynamically
supported vessels (hydrofoils, hovercrafts, vessels with air-cavities),
boats, pleasure yachts and boats with hull made of aluminium-magnesium
alloy.
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Fall
2012 pictures showing the first Zubr class LCAC for PLAN conducting
trials in Ukraine
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Currently
the world’s largest hovercraft, development of Zubr landing ships
started in the USSR in 1978, and the first serial ship joined Soviet
Navy in 1988. Its carrying capacity is 3 main battle tanks with overall
mass of 150 tons or 10 armored personnel carriers weighing up to 131
tons plus 140 marines, or 8 infantry fighting vehicles with mass up
to 115 tons. If not carrying armor, Zubr is capable to accommodate 366
men.
In total, 14 Zubr-class ships have been launched; only two of them remain
in inventory of Russian Navy. Five ships were decommissioned , two uncompleted,
and five sold to Greece for the Hellenic Navy and where they are generally
used in support of Special Forces.
The Chinese Navy placed an order for four craft at a cost of 315 million
US dollars. Two were built by a Ukrainian firm in Feodosiya, and a second
pair of vessels were built in China under the supervision of Ukrainian
technicians.
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