Project 12300 missile and artillery boats (Scorpion code) is the Russian missile boat project. The lead boat was laid down at the Vympel shipyard on June 5, 2001.
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| Preceding type | Project 1241 Lightning Missile Boats |
| Subsequent type | No |
| Years of construction | since 2001 |
| Under construction | four |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 465 t (full) |
| Length | 56.7 m |
| Width | 10.3 m |
| Draft | 2.7 m |
| Engines | 2 diesel engines M-530, GTU |
| Power | 2 × 5000 l. S., 1 × 15000 l. s., 2 DG of 200 kW, 1 DG of 100 kW |
| Speed | 38 knots (largest) 12 knots (economic) |
| Sailing range | 2000 miles at 12 knots (64 t fuel tank) |
| Autonomy of swimming | 10 days |
| Crew | 37 people |
| Armament | |
| Radar weapons | Radar "Positive-M1.1", "Monument-12301", Ladoga-ME-12300 CH-3101, Buran |
| Electronic weapons | product 6730-7 state recognition systems "Horizon-25", PC-10 interference complex (4 controllers), GAS PDSS "Anapa" 5P-10A Puma |
| Artillery | 1 × 1 × 100 mm A-190 E (80 shells), Grenade launcher DP-64 |
| Flak | 1 × ZRAK “Chestnut-1” (2 × 6 × 30 mm, 2000 shells), |
| Missile weapons | 2 × 2 launcher RCC "Yakhont" 1 × ZRAK "Chestnut-1" (8 launchers 9M311-1M) |
Content
- 1 Design Features
- 1.1 Powerplant
- 1.2 Armament
- 2 Construction and project prospects
- 3 Modifications
- 4 Project 22800
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Design Features
The hull of the Scorpion project boat has been given the opportunity to self-stabilize on the wave; it is equipped with stern interceptors - pitching calipers. As a result, the level of side rolling of the boat is reduced by 5 times.
Powerplant
The boat has a combined power plant - two diesel engines for cruising modes of navigation and a gas turbine GTU-12 - to reach the speed of interception.
Armament
The project 12300 boat is armed with four vertical launch launch vehicles "Yakhont" with a range of 300 km and a warhead weight of 200 kg.
The Scorpion’s artillery armament consists of a 100 mm caliber A-190-5P-10. For air defense, the Kashtan-1 anti-aircraft missile and artillery complex serves.
Construction and Project Prospects
The lead boat was laid down on June 5, 2001. It was planned to complete its construction in 2005. Then it was planned to build a series, for the Russian Navy - 10, for the Federal Border Guard Service of the Russian Federation - 10. 30 boats were planned to be built for export, including for the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. However, to date (April 2016), even the lead boat of this project has not been completed. However, there were no reports of the cessation of construction in the press either.
Modifications
Possible modifications:
- project 12300P - border patrol ship with a take-off and landing platform,
- project 12301 - version with RCC “Onyx”, A-190, BIUS “Sigma”,
- Project 12301P - border patrol ship,
- project 12302 - version with anti-ship missiles Uranus.
The prospective project of TsMKB Almaz is the boat of the 12300 Scorpion project with the presence of a runway for light-class helicopters, and in the future - UAVs.
Project 22800
Based on the project 12300 missile and artillery boat (Scorpion), the specialists of JSC Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau developed a small missile ship of project 22800.
MRC project 22800 has a displacement of about 800 tons, against 500 tons on a boat of project 12300. MRC project 22800 is equipped with an eight-shot vertical universal launcher (UKKS) located at the rear of the superstructure and an integrated mast with four fixed antenna arrays of the multifunctional radar complex located on it (presumably RLK Arbalet-D of the L-band, developed by JSC Fazotron-NIIR Corporation).
The lead ship of the project 22800 was laid down in 2016, launched on November 24, 2017. It is assumed that 18 ships of project 22800 will be built for the Russian Navy.