Brit_Radar_Dude Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Saw this pic posted over at LockonFiles and it has been bugging me for a few days that I can't identify the ship in the background. Any idea's? I'm assuming it a Russian ship as the pic is taken at Sochi. Initially I thought it might be a Parchim, but the superstructure looks too chunky for that. Too blurred to really tell but does it have 30mm fore and aft? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Святой Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Guided Missile Corvette "Tarantul III/IV" (prj. 1241.1M / 1241.7) http://worldnavy.info/specification/boats/1241-1_tarantul-iii.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sv-rus Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Это не Тарантул. Больше похоже на пограничный (ФСБ-шный) 10412 "Светляк". (No "Tarantul" - PROJECT 10412 SVETLYAK PATROL BOAT of FSB) 1 **** * ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekkinho Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Do you guys know which planes flew CAP over Sochi during this meeting?!! Last week Head of Uncle Sam payed a visit to Croatia. USAFE Falcons from 510th Aviano AB flew CAP over Zagreb protecting AF1 and president. They were accompanied by Croatian tip of the sword MiG-21bis but only during daytime. I also heard that Bulgaian MiG-29A flew CAP last year over Sofia to protect "the package". [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sv-rus Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 How I now over Sochi Bush plane don't have escort planes - only SAM/ground radars. **** * ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Sv-rus got it right :) . The ship in the picture is a Pr. 10412 patrol boat built by Almaz ship building company: Project 10412 The Russian border guard operates two variants of this design - namely the Pr. 10410 and 10412. http://www.almaz.spb.ru/home/product/10410.asp They look very similar, but the 10412 has a small forward structure with an AK-630 mount, while the 10410 has a single barrel AK-176M artillery mount instead: Pr. 10410 Too blurred to really tell but does it have 30mm fore and aft? Yup it does indeed :) - if you look very carefully on the photo you posted, you can make out the small round outline of the AK-630 turret on top of the forward structure - so it is the 10412 variant :) - JJ. 1 JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 ....actually there is a third missile boat variant called 10411: ....armed with the Uran(SSM variant of Kh-35) missile system. Although in the above photo those Uran launchers are clearly a photo-shop job :D . http://www.almaz.spb.ru/home/product/10411.asp JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Radar_Dude Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 An ID from sv-rus in less than 5 hours - Fast work !! Plus a link to more details and background info and photo's from JJAlpha - outstanding work. But no more than one would expect from this Forum, and I think that says a lot about the people in the Lockon Community. Reps on the way.... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodgerdat Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks for the follow up Brit I was very interested in the same issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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