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Vietnam to Procure 2 more Gepard 3.9 class Frigates & Considering 4 Tarantul-class Corvettes.
| 2015
Vietnames People's Navy Project 1241.8 Tarantul IV missile corvette |
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Vietnam is also considering the possibility of building
an additional 4 Project
1241.8 (Tarantul IV) missile corvettes. Vietnam is constructing
these ships in domestic shipyards.
Vietnam also operated the older the older Project 1241.RE (Tarantul 1). Compared to cold war era Tarantul class, the Project 1241.8 has better sensors and is heavily armed with 16 Kh-35 “Uran” anti-ship missiles. Vietnam is currently the main user of the Tarantul IV class, with two Russian made ships and two locally built ships. Vietnam started its own production line of project 1241.8 ships with the assistance of Almaz Central Design Bureau in Russia. The first two locally built ships were delivered on July 2014 and four more are expected to be delivered. The Vietnamese ships are armed with 1 AK-176 76mm gun, 16 Uran-E anti ship missiles, 4 Igla-M air defence missiles and 2 AK-630 close in weapon systems. The Vietnamese ships are also larger at 56.9m in length and a maximum displacement of 563 tons. They have a range of 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) with 44 crew members on board. If Vietnam does build the 4 additional ships, it would bring the total to 10 Tarantul IV missile corvettes in its inventory. |
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