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June 25th, 2016, 11:19 AM
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Indian navy minesweeper
Hi buddy my sister interested to know about Indian navy minesweeper, so can anybody tell me info about the same?
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June 25th, 2016, 11:20 AM
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Re: Indian navy minesweeper
As you asking here I am telling Pondicherry class are a class of minesweepers built for the Indian Navy by the Soviet Union. They are modified versions of the Natya-class minesweeper. Brief info : Name: Pondicherry class / minesweepers Operators: Indian Navy Succeeded by: Future Indian minehunter class Subclasses: Karwar class In commission: 1978– Completed: 12 Active: 6 Retired: 6 General characteristics Type: Minesweeper Displacement: 877 long tons (891 t) full load Length: 61 m (200 ft 2 in) Beam: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) Draft: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) Propulsion: 2 × M-503B diesels, 2 shafts, 5,000 bhp (3,700 kW) Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Complement: 10 officers, 72 enlisted Sensors and processing systems: Sonar: MG-69/79 High frequency, hull mounted, active mine detection Radar: Don 2 I-band air/surface 2 × Square Head - High Pole B IFF MR-104 Drum Tilt H/I-band fire control Electronic warfare & decoys: Minesweeping: AT-2 acoustic sweep GKT-2 contact sweep TEM-3 magnetic sweep Armament: 4 × 30 mm (2×2) guns 4 × 25 mm (2×2) AA 2 × RBU 1200 5-tubed ASW rocket 10 mines M67–M72 also have 2 × SA-N-5 SAM, 16 Grail missiles |
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