GYURZA-M-class gunboat

[john sefton]

The Gyurza-M-class armored gunboat is a small surface ship built by Ukraine in 2012. In recent years, Ukraine's military capability has been declining. Although it has no ability to design and build advanced large surface ships, it is a small boat with dozens or hundreds of tons. Still difficult.
Construction of the Gyurza-M class started as early as 2012. It was originally planned to build 9 ships, but it was later changed to 20. The production was carried out by Kuznya na Rybalskomu in Kiev. This company mainly repairs small military ships and produces inland watercraft, so it is fully affordable. The Gyurza-M class is a 50-ton boat.
The boat is 23 meters long, 4.8 meters wide, has a draft of only 1 meter, and has a full-load displacement of 54 tons. It is driven by 2 diesel engines and can reach a maximum speed of 28 knots. When sailing at an economical speed of 12 knots, the maximum range can reach 900 miles. The boat usually operates within 20 nautical miles of the coastline, and the shallow draft also allows it to operate in inland rivers and lakes.
The weapons on the boat are quite special. It is equipped with a remote-controlled BM-5M.01 Katran-M turret on each of its front and rear decks. This turret is evolved from an infantry chariot turret. Its weapons include a 30mm cannon , 1 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and 1 30mm grenade launcher, portable anti-aircraft missiles or anti-tank missile launchers can also be installed on the boat.
The 30mm cannon can fire high-explosive or armor-piercing projectiles, and can fight against the ground or in the air. Ordinary light armored vehicles cannot withstand its attack. The effective range of armor-piercing projectiles is 1500 meters, and the maximum range of high-explosive tracer projectiles can reach At 4,000 meters, air combat can only deal with slow-flying and low-altitude aircraft, such as helicopters. The two turrets can be commanded by the onboard fire control system, and can also use their own optoelectronic equipment to fight.
Although the weapon configuration is still rich, after all, the small ship has insufficient carrying capacity. The speedboat usually performs some tasks such as patrolling and combating smuggling. The shallow draft makes it very suitable for activities in the offshore waters, and the probability of being detected is relatively low.
The boat has a certain armor protection capability. The hull is made of 8 mm thick armored steel, which can withstand the attack of light weapons. The boat is equipped with basic navigation radar, photoelectric monitoring system and other equipment. Because of the high degree of automation, the crew has only 5 people, including an officer.
The boat is equipped with a UPPP-20 protection system, which consists of a laser warning device and a decoy projectile launcher. This device can start working after receiving a laser warning, analyze the direction of the threat and launch multi-spectral smoke decoy projectiles in this direction. , jamming incoming missiles, the protection system has a total of 3 sets of decoy launchers, each with 15 50mm launchers.
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