Project 22160 Bykov-class patrol ship

Project 22160, new type of Patrol Corvette to be laid down tomorrow (Feb 26).

Displacement: 1300 T
Max speed:        30 knots
Electronics:    Radars & Sonars
Armament:     Artillery and missiles
Mission    : Patrol, surveillance, protection

Sounds like a replacement for the Albatros (Grisha) type boats.

http://flotprom.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=161432

So thats where the Burevestnik 57mm naval mount is going.

This is most likely that another corvette we have been hearing about


Nice armament btw
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excellent find Armenian !! (my vote)

Now we have to follow production of one more class until 2020   given official numbers of planned ships by 2020


also .... Seventh "Rook" handed Russian Navy

6 project 22160 are expected by 2019   

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Does the Project 22160 have a Soviet-era predecessor that its replacing?

Vympel wrote:Does the Project 22160 have a Soviet-era predecessor that its replacing?

I think, that this ship is Russian equivalent of Littoral combat ship (LCS). This is a relatively new concept, so probably no.

2nd one laid   

Laid second patrol vessel project 22160

sepheronx wrote:Any new news on this interesting vessel?

First of a New Class Patrol Ships Laid Down at Zelenodolsky Shipyard in Russia

Lead ship laid on February 26, 2014

Russian Navy to Receive First of Six Patrol Ships by 2016

The first of six new patrol ships designed to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa under the Russian Navy's project will enter into service by the end of 2016, according to Captain Ι Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The first of six new patrol ships to combat piracy under the Russian Navy's project will enter into service by the end of 2016, the Navy Ship Building Directorate head, Captain Ι Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov, said on Saturday.

"Naturally, the ship was designed to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa. We have designed six ships of this class, and expect the first-in-class Vasily Bykov by the end of 2016," Tryapichnikov said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.

"Patrol ships are really a novelty for the Navy. We analyzed the situation and understand that this ship should not be fitted with missile weapons, but fly the St. Andrew flag in different regions of the World Ocean," he elaborated.

Tryapichnikov explained that the patrol ships will be armed with large- and small-caliber artillery systems, as well as speedboats and a helicopter.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150530/1022745984.html#ixzz3bcWPfsYU

George1 wrote:Russian Navy to Receive First of Six Patrol Ships by 2016

The first of six new patrol ships designed to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa under the Russian Navy's project will enter into service by the end of 2016, according to Captain Ι Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The first of six new patrol ships to combat piracy under the Russian Navy's project will enter into service by the end of 2016, the Navy Ship Building Directorate head, Captain Ι Rank Vladimir Tryapichnikov, said on Saturday.

"Naturally, the ship was designed to combat piracy in the Horn of Africa. We have designed six ships of this class, and expect the first-in-class Vasily Bykov by the end of 2016," Tryapichnikov said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station.

"Patrol ships are really a novelty for the Navy. We analyzed the situation and understand that this ship should not be fitted with missile weapons, but fly the St. Andrew flag in different regions of the World Ocean," he elaborated.

Tryapichnikov explained that the patrol ships will be armed with large- and small-caliber artillery systems, as well as speedboats and a helicopter.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150530/1022745984.html#ixzz3bcWPfsYU

They say that it will have no missile systems but all models show these ships with missiles. What will they do with all that extra space?

The most strange for me is that they built a ship especially for a kind of operations in a part of a world (piracy in Horn of Africa). And of course how a patrol ship can operate so far from Russia?

Rogozin is being explained about the Project 22160 patrol ship:

The specs that are visible on the chart mention a displacement of 1700 T, a length of 91 m and an armament that includes:

76 mm gun
Igla-S SAM
12.7 mm machine guns
DP 64 and 65 anti diver grenade launchers
Option of a "container" launched system

TheArmenian wrote:Rogozin is being explained about the Project 22160 patrol ship:

The specs that are visible on the chart mention a displacement of 1700 T, a length of 91 m and an armament that includes:

76 mm gun
Igla-S SAM
12.7 mm machine guns
DP 64 and 65 anti diver grenade launchers
Option of a "container" launched system

Finnaly some fresh info on that project, great find TheArmenian!
Have an up vote buddy.

TheArmenian wrote:Rogozin is being explained about the Project 22160 patrol ship:

The specs that are visible on the chart mention a displacement of 1700 T, a length of 91 m and an armament that includes:

76 mm gun
Igla-S SAM
12.7 mm machine guns
DP 64 and 65 anti diver grenade launchers
Option of a "container" launched system

So 57mm eliminated? and why 12,7 instead 14,5mm? I am disappointed.
BTW any info if there is planned development of АК-176М2?

Project 22160. Looks like it has two slots under helo deck, each for one Klub container with 4 missiles.

That would make for 8 Klubs plus AA missiles and a main gun in the front and maybe torpedoes and pantsir or something similar, am I right?

If yes, then it would be well rounded ship in my (naval noob) book...

http://nortwolf-sam.livejournal.com/954751.html

GunshipDemocracy wrote:

TheArmenian wrote:Rogozin is being explained about the Project 22160 patrol ship:

The specs that are visible on the chart mention a displacement of 1700 T, a length of 91 m and an armament that includes:

76 mm gun
Igla-S SAM
12.7 mm machine guns
DP 64 and 65 anti diver grenade launchers
Option of a "container" launched system

So 57mm eliminated? and why 12,7 instead 14,5mm?   I am disappointed.
BTW any info if there is planned development of АК-176М2?

It seems that Russians are dropping 14,5mm in general, you can spot it around less and less. I guess its coz of price of ammo which is quite significant compared to .50 which is produced in bigger amounts which lowers the price and also the base price is alot lower.

Project 22160 vessels will be stationed in Novorossiysk

http://eagle-rost.livejournal.com/550506.html

Russia’s New Corvettes to Be Armed With ISIL-Crushing Kalibr-NK Missiles

Russia’s ability to land precision strikes on targets in Syria from the Caspian Sea – nearly 1,000 miles away – wowed military experts. Now the Russian Navy plans to incorporate Kalibr-NK land attack cruise missiles into its new Project 22160 patrol ships.

Earlier this month, 26 cruise missiles were launched from Russian warships in the Caspian Sea. Traveling roughly 932 miles across the land, the projectiles struck 11 terrorist targets in Syria.

Those missiles were Kalibr-NKs, also known as "The Sword of the Caspian," and they impressed even Western skeptics.

"It should be a wakeup call that we don’t have a monopoly on the capability," Eric Wertheim, a US naval analyst, told the Daily Beast. He added that Moscow has joined "an exclusive club of global military powers. And that should worry the Pentagon."

With the success, the Kremlin now plans to incorporate the Kalibr-NKs into its Project 22160 corvettes.

"The successful salvoes…demonstrated the firepower of those missiles," said Alexander Karpov, First Deputy Director General of Gorky Zelenodolsk Shipyard, according to IHS Janes. "Besides, they take up little volume."

"The striking range depends on the target, whether it is ground-based or naval, on the route of the missile and the ground obstacles it needs to go around," Rear Admiral Viktor Kochemazov told journalists on Saturday, "and, in total, amounts to 2,000 km."

Prototypes of the corvette have already been on display at the Interpolitex-2015 exhibition in Moscow. These models show that the missile systems will consist of two separate containers, each outfitted with four missiles.

With two of the 1,500-1,800 ton vessels already under construction, six are planned for the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet. The first, Vasily Bykov, is slated for launch in 2017, while Dmitry Rogachev is due out the following year.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20151027/1029198718/russian-corvettes-armed-kalibr-missiles.html#ixzz3psIiEOUh

Another article on the new design. Appears the Russian Navy version is to carry a 2 x 4 lift launcher for Caliber missile system.

http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-789.html

sepheronx wrote:Why do they opt for a pathetic SAM system for such ships?  Igla's missiles cannot reach even a drone in a lot of cases (3500m for Igla).  And the designation of using 9K38 is a very old missile (80's).  Nothing to fit larger missiles? What about Sosna-R?  Much higher altitutde and not much larger system.

Seems air defense systems for many ships are near none existant and that ship is quite large, over 1,300 - 1,700 tons?  They can easily fit Sosna on there or increase VLS and add in Shtil-1.

I think those figures are BS Franco.  Or the ship is a major ripoff (same performance as the smaller 1,000 ton Buyans but much larger).

I agree the Air Defense is weak but everything I have seen suggests weapons to be like this except for the addition of the Caliber which has been rumored before.