Battle ship of the Project 22350 has conducted shooting with the A-192 multipurpose artillery system in the Northern fleet’s combat training area in the Barents Sea.
Russian Ministry of defense reports that shooting at fake targets was executed as part of the plant trial performance.
“Crews of the frigate combat units in concert with the Su-24 as well as Mig-31 crews of the 45th Northern fleet AF and AD army have accomplished air target detection and tracking tasks with radioelectronic and radar location weapons. They have also checked the ship’s maneuverability at various speeds”, — the Ministry notes.
The on-board weapon systems were previously tested in the White Sea. Seamen performed shooting with cruise missiles at sea and shore targets. They will keep on artillery shooting to test the ship’s armament in the near future.
“Soviet Union Navy Admiral Gorshkov” is the head ship of the Project 22350. Frigates of this type are designed to operate in offshore maritime zones. The ship has the following characteristics: length — 130 meters, width— 16 meters, displacement — 4.5 tons.
Frigates are equipped with the A-192M130 mm artillery systems, ‘Kalibr’ and ‘Oniks’ missile strike systems, ‘Poliment-Redut’ air defense systems as well as ‘Palash’ air defense artillery systems. Each ship can carry one Ka-27PL helicopter.
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