This class of military hovercraft is, as of 2012, the world’s largest, with a standard full load displacement of 555 tons.
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The Zubr class (NATO reporting name "Pomornik") is a class of air-cushioned landing craft (#LCAC). The hovercraft is designed to sealift amphibious assault units (such as marines and tanks) from equipped/non-equipped vessels to non-equipped shores, as well as transport and plant naval mines.
There are currently seven Zubr-class #Hovercraft in active service worldwide with several pending delivery. There are two vessels in service with the Russian Navy and four with the Hellenic Navy. In 2009, China placed an order for four vessels from Ukraine as part of a deal worth 315 million USD. Two updated versions of the vessels will be built at Crimea's Feodosia Shipbuilding Company followed by two advanced models of the surface warship.
The purchase of HS Cephalonia (L 180) for the Hellenic Navy marked the first time a Soviet-designed naval craft had been built for a NATO member.
Builders: PO More Feodosia Shipbuilding Company, Crimea
Operators:
Russian Navy
Hellenic Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
In commission: 1988-Present
Active: 8
General Characteristics:
Type: Air-cushioned landing craft
Displacement:
340 tons (light)
415 tons (normal)
555 tons (full load)
Length: 57 m
Beam: 25.6 m
Draught: 1.6 m
Propulsion:
5 Kuznetsov NK-12MV gas turbines;
2 for lift, 3 for propulsion; 5 x 11,836 horsepower
Propellers: 3 four-bladed variable-pitch propellers
Speed:
63 knots
55 knots if sustained
Range: 300 nmi (560 km) at 55 knots
Complement: 31 (4 officers, 27 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems:
Ekran-1 navigational radar, Lazur radar (Pozitiv radar on MDK-51), R-782 Buran communications system
Electronic warfare and decoys:
Electronic Countermeasures System: Decoys, MS-227 chaff launcher, MP-411 ESM radar system; intercept
Armament:
4 × Strela-3 man-portable air defence missile system launchers, plus 32 anti-personnel missiles; or 2 x Strela 2 quad launchers, manual aiming, infrared homing to 6 km at Mach 1.5, maximum altitude of 2,500 m
2 × 30 mm AK-630 close in weapon systems with 6,000 rounds each, maximum range of 2 km
2 × 140 mm Ogon launchers, 22 rockets each with 132 rockets in total; or 2 x 122 mm retractable rocket launchers
Mines (one set of removable equipment for laying from 20 to 80 mines, depending on their types)
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