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The ships are equipped with two stabilised multiple rocket launchers, four Igla-1M portable air defence missile systems, and two AK-630 30 mm automatic gun mounts. The Zubr Class ships can carry up to 130 tons of cargo: three medium battle tanks such as the T-80B tank, or eight BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles, or ten BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers, or 360 fully equipped amphibious landing troops. The ships have a bow and a stern ramp for fast landing of troops and combat material. The ships have a top speed of 60 knots. It can move on sea surface, sandbanks, marshes and overcomes obstacles up to 2 meters.
Apparently some ten units were built between 1986 and 1994. Of these, one was completed for Ukraine and three additional units were tranferred to Ukraine. The design is believed to be rather unreliable, and the standard engine lifetime of 500 hours is said to diminish to 50 hours when the payload is increased from one to three tanks. The six remaining Russian units are generally believed to remain in service, though some may be inoperable or in reserve. Reportedly the Greek Navy intends to buy two from the Russian Navy and two more that would be built in Ukraine. In the early 1990s two units were cancelled and scrapped incomplete. The disposition and chronology of specific units is conjectural.
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| Displacement (tons): |
480 tons standard 535 tons full load |
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| Speed (kts): | 60-63 knots | |
| Dimensions (m): |
56.2 meters long 22.3 meters beam 2.0 meters draft |
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| Propulsion: | 5 gas. turbines x 10000 hp; 3 four bladed variable air props., GT generator: 4x100 kW; 300 n.m/55 kts; endurance: 5 days | |
| Crew: | 21-31 crew | |
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| Missiles: | 2x22 140mm Ogon launchers (132 missiles) 4 x 4 SA Strela-3 total: 32 |
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| Guns: | 2 x 6 AK-630 gattl. AA (6 x 30 mm; r: 6'000rds/m/mount; 6000 rounds) | |
| Military lift: | 3 T-80 tanks or 8 BMP-3 or 10 BTR-80 APC or 140 assault troops with 130 tons cargo | |
| Electronics: | General detection radar Navigation radar Electronic Countermeasures System |
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Class Listing |
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| Unit | Shipyard | Fleet | Chronology | Notes | |||||
| # | number | Name | Laid Down | Launched | Comm. | Stricken | |||
| 1 | MDK-95 | ? 1986 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 2 | MDK-97 | ? 1987 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 3 | MDK-103 | ? 1988 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 4 | MDK-104 | ? 1988 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 5 | MDK-106 | ? 1989 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 6 | MDK-109 | ? 1990 | ? inoperable or in reserve | ||||||
| 7 | MDK-116 | ? 1991 | three units tranferred to Ukraine | ||||||
| 8 | MDK-117 | ? 1992 | three units tranferred to Ukraine | ||||||
| 9 | MDK-118 | ? 1993 | three units tranferred to Ukraine | ||||||
| 10 | MDK-123 | ? 1994 | One completed for Ukraine | ||||||
| 11 | ? 1994 | two units cancelled and scrapped incomplete | |||||||
| 12 | ? 1994 | two units cancelled and scrapped incomplete | |||||||
| 13 | Greek Navy | ||||||||
| 14 | Greek Navy | ||||||||
