Rosoboronexport presents its new naval products at EURONAVAL 2014

Rosoboronexport stand at EURONAVAL 2014, Paris

The Project 22356, Admiral Gorshkov Class, is a multipurpose frigate developed since 2005 and built by Severnaya Verf OJSC. 20 vessels are intended to be built for the Russian Navy and 6 of them are supposed to be delivered by 2020. The design is based on the Talwar/Krivak IV Class frigate developed by Russia for India and incorporates stealth technology. The Admiral Gorshkov Class vessels are equipped with a new 130mm gun mount, a 30mm close-in weapon system (CIWS) gun and eight SS-N-26 Yakhont/Onyx anti-ship cruise missiles. Project 22356 Frigate is designed to engage enemy surface ships, search for and destroy submarines, engage ground targets deep in the enemy territory, provide fire support to amphibious assault. With its CODAG propulsion, Project 22356 Frigate can displace its 4750 tons at a speed of up to 29.5 knots. The endurance of the ship is about 30 days and its maximum range is about 4.500 nautical miles. An Helix class helicopter is also on board.
Rosoboronexport also displays a Project 20382 Tigr corvette. This ship is smaller than a frigate but has an impressive weapon system anyway: 8 SS-N-26 Yakhont/Onyx anti-ship cruise missiles, a 100 mm A190 gun, CIWS, anti-submarine missiles... The ship designed for fighting against enemy surface combatants, submarine and aircraft, for ensuring combat security of naval task forces or for engaging shore targets with artillery fire. This 1.900 t ship, export version of the Projet 20380 Steregushchy Class, has a range of up to 4000 nm at 14 kn.
The Russian exporter also exposes two types of submarines: the Project 677E Amur-1650 diesel-electric submarine and the small coastal submarine Piranha/Piranha-T. The first of them is the export version of the Project 677 Lada Class, proposed, amongst others, to India and China. Amur Class is offered in various configurations with a displacement of 550 t to 1,850 t and different weapon systems. The submarine can speed up to 21 knots.

The Piranha class submarine was developed in the nineties but is come back with a new version. This submarine class is dedicated to the littoral warfare.
A Project 22160 Patrol ship is also exposed. It can fulfill different missions: border guard and patrol service in territorial waters, EEZ surveillance, suppressing smuggling and pirate activities, search and rescue, environmental monitoring... It is armed with a 57 mm A-220 gun and a Gibka air defense missile turret.
Almaz exhibits its Project 10750E Inshore Minesweeper. An inshore minesweeper is designed for mine countermeasures (MCM) operations at sea near ports, bases, their exits, coastal shelf zone at depths down to 100m and popular tourist shallow water routes, and seaways between resort islands of nation whose tourist business profits make a considerable part of the national budget. The Project 10750E is equipped with an AK-306 CIWS.
The Project 12200 Sobol class patrol boat was launched in 2006. This ship is design for coastal patrol, search and rescue operations, protections of marine resources. It can speed up to 47 kn (87 km/h). It is aluminum made and has a displacement of 57 tons with a fuel capacity of 6.8 tons. It has a cruising range of 500 nm at a speed of 40 kn. It is armed with 4 Vikhr anti-ship guided missiles and a ak-306, a derivative of the ak-630.
Rosoborenexport also showcaises the Project 11356 class frigate that equips the Indian Navy (Talwar-class frigates). A Project 14310 Mirazh fast patrol boat, designed by Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, is also displayed. Its functions are to carry out protection of territorial waters and exclusive economic zones, and to provide support to police, coastguard and customs forces. It is armed with an ak-306 and some portable air defense missile systems Igla.

Another fast patrol boat was presented near the Mirazh: the Project 12150 Mangust. The Mangust is much lighter than the Mirazh (27.2 t against 120.2 t) and much lighter armed (only a 14.5 mm machine gun for the Mangust).
More impressive is the Project 12061 Murena-E Air-cushion landing craft. It's an amphibious air-cushion landing craft is designed for taking combat materiel or forward deployment amphibious troops from a beach or large landing ships and transports, for power projection by sea and for beaching. It can transport its load at a range of 200 nm at a speed of 50 kn. It can load 2 infantry combat vehicles, or 2 armored personnel carriers, or 3 armored vehicles, or 1 medium tank, or 130 troops.