Wednesday, 17 February 2016 10:21

Russia’s Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau (member of United Shipbuilding Corporation OCK) unveiled the new Project 23420 small anti submarine warfare (ASW) ship. The vessel features a futuristic design with very sleek lines.

According to Almaz, the small ASW ship is designed for conducting combat operations against underwater, surface and air adversaries, for guarding naval bases, for engaging enemy shore installations with artillery fire, for patrolling the state sea border and EEZ.

The Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, founded in 1949, is a leading design and engineering organization in the Russian shipbuilding industry, unique by its range of designs and their complexity. The Almaz CMDB today is the leading Russian designer of high-speed craft, small and medium size surface combatants, landing air cushion vessels, mine countermeasures vessels, special purpose vessels and floating docks.

The Project 23420 ship displaces about 1300 tons for a length of 75 meters. Its endurance is 15 days at sea with a range of 2500 nautical miles and a crew of about 60 sailors.

There are two types of propulsion systems available: diesel or diesel-electric propulsion with fixed pitch propellers or diesel-gas turbine propulsion with variable pitch propellers.

Version 1		Version 2
1 x diesel or diesel-electric propulsion		1 x diesel-gas turbine propulsion
2 x fixed pitch propellers		2 x controllable pitch propellers

Version data almaz-kb.ru

Project 23420 systems:

ARTILLERY

1 x 76-mm AK-176MA gun (152 rounds) or
1 x 30-mm AK-306 gun (500 rounds)

76-mm AK-176MA gun

Comparing to older versions, AK-176MA features twice higher pointing accuracy of drives and twice better fire density, while the weight became lighter making less than 9 tons.

According to the Arsenal press service, Russian Navy has obtained the up-to-date 76.2-mm gun mount that is not only comparable to foreign counterparts but surpasses them in some parameters. Source mil.today

The gun is controlled by the MP-123-02 FCS.  This system uses radar, TV and laser designators.  This fire control system has a range of 28 miles (45 km) without ECM and 18 miles (30 km) with ECM and weighs 5.1 tons (5.2 mt).

Uses a monobloc barrel with a casing and a vertical sliding breech block.  Automatics are recoil operated.  The barrel is sea-water cooled, which is pumped between the casing and barrel at 11.5 fps (3.5 mps).

Some of these guns have been sold to the People’s Republic of China.

Nomenclature note:  This gun is classified as 76 mm/60 but the actual bore diameter is 76.2 mm (3.0″) and the actual barrel length is 59 calibers.

Sphere 02

Independent gyro stabilized electro-optical surveillance device

Sphere 02 @bastion-karpenko.ru

Designation	76 mm/60 (3″) AK-176
Ship Class Used On	Grisha V, Parchim II (Pr. 1331M), Babochka (Pr. 1141), Nanuchka III (Pr. 1234.1), Dergach (Pr. 1239), Turya (Pr. 206M), Pauk (Pr. 1241.2), Ropuchka (Pr. 775), Tarantul I (Pr. 1241.1) and other classes
Date Of Design	1977
Date In Service	1979
Gun Weight	1,810 lbs. (821 kg)
Gun Length oa	176.54 in (4.484 m)
Bore Length	N/A
Rifling Length	N/A
Grooves	24
Lands	N/A
Twist	N/A
Chamber Volume	225.8 in3 (37 dm3)
Rate Of Fire	Selectable to 30, 60 or 120 – 130 rounds per minute

Data navweaps.com

30-mm AK-306 gun

The AK-306 (A-219) system was a modification of the AK-630 (A-213) system for use on light ships, like air cushion craft, ekranoplanes and small displacement motor boats.  Externally, there was no difference between AK-306 and AK-630 guns, but internally instead of using the exhaust to power the automatics, the AK-306 (A-219) used electricity. 

AO-18L (for AK-306):  341.7 lbs (155 kg) 

This version also lacked radar control, being only optically guided, hence making it less of a anti-missile weapon and more of a surface-to-surface weapon.  The design started in 1974 and the system was accepted into service in 1980.  By 1986, 125 systems were in service.

Date Of Design	1963
Date In Service	AK-630:  1976 AK-630M:  1979 AK-306:  1980  3M87:  1989
Gun Weight	AO-18 (for AK-630):  under 452 lbs. (under 205 kg) AO-18L (for AK-306):  341.7 lbs (155 kg)  GSh-6-30K (for AK-630M1-2):  352.5 lbs. (160 kg)
Gun Length oa	64.13 in (1.629 m)
Bore Length	63.78 in (1.620 m)
Rifling Length	57.48 in (1.46 m)
Grooves	16
Lands	N/A
Twist	N/A
Chamber Volume	N/A
Rate Of Fire	AK-630:  4,000 – 5,000 rounds per minute AK-630M:  4,000 – 5,000 rounds per minute AK-630M1-2:  10,000 rounds per minute AK-306:  600 – 1,000 rounds per minute  3M87:  10,000 rounds per minute Palash:  1,000 rounds per minute

Data navweaps.com

AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM

1 x 3M-47 Ghibka gun ring
20 x Igla(S) MANPADS

3M-47 Ghibka gun ring

The 3M-47 Ghibka turret was designed by Altair Naval Radio Electronics Scientific Research Institute and is manufactured by the Ratep Joint Stock Company. 

Ghibka 3M-47 (3M47 Gibka) Turret Mount is intended for guidance and remote automated launching of IGLA type missiles to provide protection of surface ships with displacement of 200 tons and over against attacks of anti-ship missiles, aircraft and helicopters in close-in area..

The turret mount utilizes information from ship’s radars. The missiles are equipped with homing head with optical tracking (passive) and artifical thermal noise detector. The system is design to resist natural (background) and artificial jamming conditions. The turret mount is equipped with 9M39 and 9M342 anti-aircraft guided missiles. 

To date, 3M-47 Ghibka is installed on Project 21630 “Buyan” class corvettes, Project 21631 “Buyan-M” class missile corvettes and will be installed on the future Mistral type LHD for the Russian Navy.

Variants: 
Version 1 with 4 SAM
Version 2 with 8 SAM

Type

Short-range shipborne surface-to-air missile system

Operators

Russia

Visual detection range at the control module

12 to 15 Km

Guidance sector (in degrees)

Azimuth: +150 to -150 | Elevation: 0 to 60

Number of simultaneously engaged targets

1

Firing mode

Single | Salvo

Number of launch modules

Version 1: 2 | Version 2: 4

Number of SAM per launch module

2

SAM Type

Igla (9M39) | Igla-S (9M342)

Reaction time

< 8 seconds

Manual loading time for 1 module by 1 man

< 3 minutes

Turret mount weight (with 2 launch modules)

< 650 Kg

Data navyrecognition.com

FIREARM

2 x 12.7-mm machine-guns (2000 rounds)

12.7-mm machine-guns

Image – shipspotting.com

ASW

1 x Paket-E/NK system (2 x launchers, 8 x torpedoes) or
1 x RPK-8E system (1 x RBU-6000, 48 x 90R ASW missiles and RGB-60 depth bombs)

Paket-E/NK system (2 x launchers, 8 x torpedoes)

The Paket-E/NK small-sized anti-submarine system with anti-torpedo is designed:

– to engage (destroy) submarines in ship’s close-in zone (when carrying out submarine warfare tasks)

– to destroy torpedoes, attacking the ship (when carrying out anti-torpedo defence tasks)

The complete set of the Paket-E/NK comprises:

– Paket-E control system

– rotating or fixed launching units

– Paket-AE specialized target designation sonar

– combat modules mounted on the launchin unit

Depending on missions assigned to the surface ship, its launching units can house combat modules armed with different combinations of small-sized heat-seeking torpedoes and/or anti-torpedoes, both in nomenclature and in quantity.

The small-sized heat-seeking torpedo is designed to engage enemy submarines, and the anti-torpedo is designed to intercept and destroy attacking torpedoes. Both are housed in unified transport-launch containers.

The Paket-E/NK system can operate independently or be integrated into ship’s antisubmarine/anti-torpedo defence system, solving a number of tasks in fully automatic or automated modes, such as:

– generation of target designation data for small-sized heat-seeking torpedoes, based on data, provided by ship’s sonar systems and posts

– detection and classification of attacking torpedoes, determination of their movement parameters, and generation of target designation data for anti-torpedoes

– pre-launch preparation of combat modules, generation and transfer of firing data to them, launching of anti-torpedoes and/or small-sized heat-seeking torpedoes

– launching units control

The Paket-E/NK system is a radically new weapon system, allowing surface ships to solve ASW/anti-torpedo defence tasks with high effectiveness, and to increase substantially their survivability.

The delivery set of the Paket-E/NK small-sized antisubmarine/anti-torpedo system is customer-defined.

An automated testing and trouble-shooting system can be delivered for combat modules operational support. Source ktrv.ru

RPK-8E system (1 x RBU-6000, 48 x 90R ASW missiles and RGB-60 depth bombs)

Depth-Charge Rocket Launcher RBU-6000

• It is possible to modernize the RBU Launcher using the electric servo drive with the up-to-date cell base.
• It is an effective combat device for protection of Naval ships against submarines and attack torpedoes. It is possible to use new rockets 90R with underwater gravitation homing projectile.

90R rocket – Image @warefare.be

SPECIFICATIONS:

Calibre, mm	213
Number of Barrels	12
Launcher Weight, kg	3500
Weight of  Rocket RGB-60, kg	113,6
Range of Fire by Rocket RGB-60, m  – maximum  – minimum	5230 210
Weight of  Rocket 90R, kg	112,5
Range of Fire by Rocket 90-R, m  – maximum  – minimum	4300 600
Laying Speed, deg/s  – in elevation  – in training	27 27

Data @zavod9.com

ANTI DIVER WEAPONS

2 x DP-64 grenade-launchers (240 rounds)

DP-64 grenade-launcher

DP-64 grenade launcher is designated for protection of submarines in the above-water position, ships at external roadsteads, against attacks of underwater combat swimmers.

The grenade launcher allows carrying out loading and fire conducting by one person at a range of up to 400 m.

Firing the grenade launcher is conducted with FG-45 fragmentation grenade to destroy a swimmer and with SG-45 signal to mark the swimmer’s location.

DP-64 grenade launcher allows conducting fire ordinary small arms from any place of the ship deck, from the deck house of a submarine in the above-water position and from a helicopter. Source strategic-bureau.com

AVIATION

1 x Gorizont-AIR-S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle suite (2 x UAVs)

Gorizont-AIR-S-100 unmanned aerial vehicle

The Schiebel S-100 Camcopter is a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) UAS in use in several navies. The system has an endurance of over six hours at a speed of 55 knots carrying 75 lbs of payload. The Camcopter’s diminutive size and payload makes it ideal for sea-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance from smaller naval ships such as offshore patrol vessels.

In June 2013, Schiebel announced that it was upgrading the aircraft to integrate maritime radar, electronic support measures (ESM) and EO/IR sensors into the S-100 system.

The UAV flies with the French Navy and possibly China’s People Liberation Army-Navy. A variant called the Gorizont Air S-100 produced in Russia under license from Schiebel reportedly serves with the Russian Coast Guard. Source navaldrones.com

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

1 x Sigma-E CMS
1 x Pozitiv-ME1.2 detection and target assignment radar
1 x Gorizont 25 integrated navigation radar
2 x IFF 67R items (No info)
1 x Blokirovka suite (No info)

Sigma-E CMS

Pozitiv-ME1.2 detection and target assignment radar

Positiv-ME1 and Positiv-ME1.2 Active Radars are designed for plan scanning, detection and tracking of air and surface targets, output of target designation data to users. The radars perform the following tasks:

• radar air and surface surveillance;
• detection of air targets including small-sized, diving, and flying at extremely low altitude;
• detection of surface targets under conditions of normal and increased radar detection range, as well as under best visibilty conditions;
• positioning (azimuth, range and elevation angle) and moving parameter determination of tracked targets;
• friend-or-fore and individual identification of tracked targets by means of IFF system with embedded antennas;
• target classification according to the path characteristics;
• tracked target threat assessment;
• automated target assignment;
• display of target assignment chart featuring its dynamic on-line correction;
• output of surface and air target designation data to missile firing control systems, as well as to artillery and torpedo systems, and jamming systems;
• automated control of operation modes depending on interference situation;
• automated performance monitoring and fault detection;
• recording and archiving of tracked target data, data on made decisions, and statuses of integrated systems;
• crew training in simulated tactical situation.

Positiv-ME1 and Positiv-ME1.2 Active Radars can be used as:

• target detection systems, detection module, radar module for CIWS or missile systems;
• scanning radars for the ships of various classes, as well as for land mobile platforms, stationary facilities and transportable containers.

Main specifications
	Positiv-ME1	Positiv-ME1.2
Target detection range	up to 250 km	up to 150 km
Fighter-class target detection range	up to 110 km	up to 50 km
Sector width by elevation	up to 85 deg.	up to 85 deg.

Special features

Output of surface and air target designation data to missile firing control systems, torpedo and artillery systems, as well as to jamming systems. High rate of scanning.

Data agat.ru

Gorizont 25 integrated navigation radar

Here is open hardware-software structure with possibility to build up subfunctions of ship automated control:

– continuous computing and displaying of ship location and motion parameters oriented to marine charts and radar image.
– possibility of preliminary and actuating route plotting.
– efficiency, adequate accuracy for navigational parameters.
– color division for information and high resolution of data displayed.
– integrated solution for navigation problems and ship collision avoidance warning.
– keeping the electronic ship’s journal and reproduction of registered navigational information.
– improved reliability for navigation monitoring and collision avoidance.
– equipment compactness and ease of control.
– self-contained operation of component parts of the complex at one of the device failure.
– wide range of interfaced navigational equipment (liggers, gyros, receiver-indicator satellite systems, echo sounders).
– possibility to increase the number of indicators with ECDIS.
– store plotting on paper charts with the help of digitizer (optional).

The complex includes:

– NRS “Gorizont-25” (device AP, I-27M2K).
– electronic chart navigational-information system – “Pribor МК-54IS”.
– satellite navigational receiver МТ-102 with power supply IP ~ 220/=24V.
– digitizer Yeoman Navigator Pro with communicator (optional).
– UPS – device IBP.
– printer.
-power distribution box. 

Gorizont-25 gorizontrostov.ru

SONARS

1 x MGK-335EM-03 sonar suite
1 x Anapa-ME anti-diver sonar or 
1 x Lovat dipping sonar (No info)
1 x Vinietka-EM sonar

MGK-335EM-03 sonar suite

Anapa-ME anti-diver sonar

Underwater Saboteur Detection Sonar

Mission

Vinietka-EM sonar

Designed for surface ships, solving the problem of anti-submarine defense, the protection of waters, convoy escort and patrol ships. Uses towed astern of the ship towed flexible extended antenna (GPBA) and low-frequency transducer that provides in sonar mode effective detection of low-noise submarines. Along with the work carried out sonar ASG shumopelengovaniya mode, which allows you to detect torpedoes and surface ships at great distances.

Main characteristics

sonar
Submarine detection range:
in shallow water	10-20 km *
in the deep sea	15-60 km *
Sector Overview (course angle)	± 180 °
The accuracy of the coordinates in the automatic mode of support purposes:
Bearing (traverznyh in the corners and on the straight tack carrier)	2 °
range	1% of the scale
towing speed	up to 18 knots.
Shumopelengovanie
Detection range:
torpedo	15-30 km *
surface ship	30-100 km *
submarine	15-20 km *
The accuracy of direction finding traverznyh in the corners and on the straight tack carrier	2 °
towing speed	up to 14 kt
Operation CEO at sea state	to 5 points

* – Depending on the version of GAS

Data oceanpribor.ru

COUNTERMEASURES

1 x 120-mm PK-10 system (2 x launchers, 40 x rounds)

PK-10 Shipborne Decoy Dispensing System

AZ-SO-50/AZ-SOM-50 rounds

These rockets are designed to protect small, medium and large displacement ships against guided weapons at close ranges by setting up distracting decoy targets. The rockets are launched from the KT-216 launcher of the PK-10 shipboard system.

The following three types of the caliber rockets are developed and series produced:

• • • SR-50 radar jamming rocket;
    • SO-50 optronic jamming rocket;
    • SK-50 combined jamming rocket.

Basic characteristics

	SR-50	SO-50	SOM-50
Caliber, mm	120	120	120
Length, mm	1,226	1,226	1,226
Weight, kg
– rocket	25.5	25	25
– payload	11	7.3	9.1
Payload type	chaff	IR, laser	chaff, IR, laser
Operating temperature range, ° C	from -40 to +50

Data rbs.ru

NAVIGATION

1 x Kama-NS-V navigation system (No info)

COMMUNICATIONS

1 x Buran-E communications suite (No info)
Communication equipment complying with GMDSS requirements for A1+A2+A3 areas or
foreign-produce equivalent according to a customer’s proposal

Main material source navyrecognition.compics 

Note: There are only 2 pics of this ship that I can find on the web at time of posting

Updated Jun 05, 2017