Rosgvardia received another two new high-speed transport and landing boats of the project 02510 BK-16. Launching and transfer of boats to the customer took place at the shipyard of LLC “Rybinsk shipyard”, part of the group of companies “Kalashnikov”.
Two new BK-16 boat project 02510 entered service with units of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardia). The boats were laid down in January and March this year.. The message does not name the place of service of boats, but the first two boats Bk-16, transferred to the National Guard in March this year, went to Kerch for service with the Kerch brigade, guarding the Kerch Bridge.
boat project 02510 BK-16 are designed for operations in offshore coastal zones, spills, estuaries and lakes, as well as transportation of personnel, landing of troops on unequipped coast and its fire support. Have a high speed, large troop compartment with a large number of seats, as well as the ability to approach directly to the shore with the subsequent disembarkation of soldiers.
The boat can be equipped with various types of weapons, in the airborne version of the BK-16 carries four machine guns of 7,62 mm in combination with combat module, two machine guns caliber 12,7 mm, or with a grenade launcher caliber 40 mm. The maximum speed of the boat is 42 host, economic – 30 knots, crew – two people, landing capacity – 19 human. Autonomy of the boat 1 day, range 400 nautical miles.
