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     158 BDK-64 Tsezar' Kunikov     

Photo byLuis Díaz-Bedia Astor, Red Sea, 18th June 2003
Country: Russia Russia
Class, [Type]: Ropucha I, [LST].
Builder: Stocznia Polnocna, Gdansk, Poland.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.768 light, 4.080 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 112,5 x 15 x 3,7
Main machinery: 2 x Type 16ZVB 40/48 16-cyl diesels ( 19.200 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 17,5.
Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 16 knots, 6000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 86 ( 8 officers ) + 150 troops.

Guns: 2 x twin 57mm/70 AK-725.
Mines: has two mine rails, up to 92 1-ton mines can be carried ( if no other cargo is loaded ).
Military lift: Cargo capacity: 482 tons. A cargo example could be 10 x 41tm tanks and crews ( 40 ), and 150 troops.

Radar: Surface/Air search: 1 x MR-302 Rubka (Strut Curve); Navigation: 2 x Don-2 or MR-212/201 Vaygach-U (Palm Frond); Fire Control: 1 x MR-103 Bars (Muff Cob).

Comment: Rrefitted at Varna, Bulgaria, from 1996 to 1998.

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