Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Russian Navy received two new "Raptor" patrol boats

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St. Petersburg enterprise "Pella" transferred to the Russian Navy two newest patrol boats "Raptor"


During September-October, 2 newest Raptor patrol boats were taken into the Russian Navy.  

To date, the boats have become final deliveries in a series of 14 units under a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

All of them are distributed and became part of the Baltic, Black Sea fleets and the Caspian flotilla. The serial construction of these boats for the fleets of the Navy will be continued in the future.

 Patrol boats "Raptor" are designed for patrol service in the sea areas. They are highly maneuverable and efficient for their class of weapons for a wide range of tasks.  

Let's name some of them. Delivery of a group of military personnel (at least 20 people) with the highest possible efficiency.

Carrying patrols in designated areas of marine areas, interception and detention of small targets, participation in search and rescue operations in areas of duty.

The sailing area of ​​the Raptor is a coastal zone of the seas, straits, estuaries in the ice-free navigation period during the daylight hours and at night with a distance from the basing point to 100 miles.

Maximum length is 16.9 meters, width 4.1 meters, draft 0.9 meters, crew of 3 people. The boat reaches a speed of 50 knots.

Armor protection - Br4 class armor panels for bullet resistance. Portholes with bulletproof glass 39 mm thick.

Armament - a remote-controlled complex with a gyro-stabilized opto-electronic module (GOEM), caliber 14.5 mm; target detection range of 3000 m; sighting range of 2000 m; 2 6P41 “Pecheneg” machine guns of 7.62 mm caliber on swivel installations.

Source: function.mil.ru

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