Gepard Class Frigate - Russia

The Gepard class frigates (Project 1166.1) were intended as a successor to the earlier Koni, Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb (Hawk), was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991. It was launched in July 1993, after which it began fitting out. It was nearly completed by late 1995, when fitting was suspended due to lack of funds. Renamed Tatarstan, she was finally completed in July 2002, and is now serving as the flagship of the Caspian Flotilla. She has two sisters ships, the Albatros (renamed to Dagestan) which has been completed and the Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) which is still under construction.

These vessels are capable of employing weapons in up to Sea State 5. The hull and superstructure are constructed primarily of steel, with some aluminum-magnesium being used in the upper superstructure. They are equipped with fin stabilizers and twin rudders, and can use either gas turbines and diesel for propulsion in a CODOG configuration.

Gepard Class Frigate
Name:	Gepard class (Project 1166.1)
Operators:	Russian Navy, Vietnamese People's Navy
Preceded by:	Koni class frigate
Built:	1991-2011
Building:	5
Planned:	1
Completed:	3
Active:	3
General characteristics
Type:	frigate
Displacement:	1,500 tons (standard) 1,930 tons (full load)
Length:	102.14 m. (93.5 m. waterline)
Beam:	13.09 m
Draught:	5.3 m
Propulsion:	2 shaft CODOG, Two gas turbines (29,300 shp each), 1 Type 61D Diesel (8,000 bhp), 3 600 kW diesel alternator sets
Speed:	28 knots
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:	15 days
Complement:	98
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar:Navigation radar (unknown type), Cross Dome surface & air search radar, Pop Group SA-N-4 fire control radar, Bass Stand cruise missile target designator, Bass Tilt AK-630 fire-control Sonar:Medium-frequency hull mounted, medium-frequency towed variable depth sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Electronic Warfare:2 Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 Bell Squat jammers, 4 16-barreled Pk-16 countermeasure rocket launchers
Armament:	8 SS-N-25 Switchblade Anti-Ship missiles (two quadruple launchers) 1 Osa-M Surface-to-Air missile system (one twin launcher, 20 SA-N-4 Gecko missiles) 1 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK–176 automatic dual-purpose gun (500-round magazine) 2 6-barreled 30 mm AK-630 point-defense guns (2,000-round magazine for each) 4 533 mm torpedo tubes (two twin launchers) 1 RBU-6000 12-barreled Anti-Submarine rocket launcher 12-20 mines