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Caspian Flotilla armored transferred to Kerch

Three artillery boats from the Caspian flotilla deployed in the Sea of ​​Azov. Boats made the transition from Astrakhan and arrived in Kerch 23 May 2018 of the year. according to reports, purpose of transfer is to strengthen the protection of the Kerch bridge and increase the military pressure on Ukraine in the Azov Sea. Redeployed artillery boats – two armored project 1204 (Shmel code) and one boat of project 1400M (code “vulture”).

Бронекатера Каспийской флотилии переброшены в Керчь

Recall, that currently there was a rather tense situation in the Azov Sea, It emerged on the Ukrainian side of the fault, after, as a border service of Ukraine captured Russian ship rybalovetskoe “Nord”.

Бронекатера Каспийской флотилии переброшены в Керчь

According to unofficial information,, in the future possible transfer of additional forces from the Caspian flotilla in the region, although, on what basis, permanent or temporary, will be cutters in Kerch, still not clear. As part of the Caspian flotilla are the last four in the Russian Navy armored project 1204, number of built for the Navy and Marine units in the Border Troops 1967-1972 years.

boat project 1204 intended for patrol service on the rivers and lakes, destruction of river ships and boats of the enemy fighting, assist ground forces artillery and machine-gun fire, transportation of personnel with weapons at the crossings, and activities in river basins, as well as for operations in coastal shallow areas of the seas. AT 1967 – 1972 years built 118 gunboats project. weaponry: 1 x 76 mm gun D-56TS, 1 x 7.62mm gun SGMT, 1 x 17 140-mm PU NURS BM-14-17 (34 NURS); Flak: 1 x 2 25-AU-mm 2M 3M; Missiles: 2 x 1 MANPADS "Strela-2M" (8 developing countries); Mining torpednoe vooruzhenie: to 4 min IGDM.

Patrol boat project 1400 / 1400M type "Neck" (NATO classification: English. Zhuk class) - patrol boats, was in service of the Border Service of the Russian Federation Federal Security Service, as well as the Ukrainian Navy. boat project 1400 "Grief" were intended to protect national maritime border in the coastal areas, straits and on the open roads of the port, on the river and lake areas, and to ensure that marine checkpoint. weaponry: 14,5-mm machine gun mount 2M or 2M-7-5 or 12.7 mm machine gun mount "Cliff M".

                          
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