Border Service and Coast Guard of Russia

Interesting the priority seems to be a heli deck over the usual CIWS gatlings all over the place.... and what is probably a 57mm gun for self defence... presumably replacing the 30mm gatlings.

The Kamchatka and Transbaikalia border patrol ships went into operation and crossed to the North

 According to Danish shipspotters, on August 20, 2019, through the Baltic Strait, proceeding from the Baltic Sea, heading to the North, new same-type 2nd-rank border patrol ships Kamchatka and Transbaikalia of Project 22120 of the Coast Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service. On August 26, both ships arrived in Murmansk. Thus, the border patrol ships Kamchatka and Transbaikalia, project 22120, built at PJSC Shipbuilding Firm Almaz in St. Petersburg, were introduced into the Border Guard Service of the FSB of Russia and departed to their permanent base.


Transbaikalia border patrol ship (serial number 053) of project 22120 of the Coast Guard of the FSB of Russia crosses the Öresund Strait, heading from the Baltic Sea to the North, 08/08/2019 (c) frankmh


The Kamchatka border patrol ship (serial number 052) of project 22120 of the Coast Guard of the Russian Federal Border Guard Service crosses the Öresund Strait, heading from the Baltic Sea to the North, 08/20/2019 (c) frankmh


 Recall that this project 22120 (code "Purga") was developed by PKB Petrobalt LLC as a large customs vessel by order of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation (FCS of the Russian Federation) on the instructions of 2005. After the FCS of the Russian Federation refused this project in 2009, the project was continued to be financed by the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, and initially 22220 units of the project were classified as border patrol vessels at the Border Guard Service.

 The lead patrol vessel of project 22120 with serial number 050 was laid down at Almaz Marine Plant OJSC (currently the Vasileostrovskaya site of PAO SF Almaz) initially for the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation on June 25, 2006 and after completion for the new customer it became part of Beregovoi The Border Guard of the FSB of Russia on April 29, 2011 as PS-581. In the fall of 2011, the ship moved to the permanent basing site in Nevelsk on Sakhalin by the Northern Sea Route, then it was renamed to PPS-824, then to PS-824, and in July 2017 it received the name “Rear Admiral Kolchin E.S.”

 The second patrol vessel PS-825 of modified project 22120 with serial number 051 was started by construction at the Almaz SF in April 2011, the laying ceremony took place on November 25, 2011. The vessel became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia on July 5, 2013, and in September of the same year also crossed over to Nevelsk on Sakhalin. For some time the vessel was designated as PPS-825, then again as PPS-825, and since September 2018 it is called “Rear Admiral Dianov”.

 At the end of 2016, Almaz SF signed a contract with the FSB of Russia for the construction of another project 22120 patrol vessel (ship) with serial number 052, the initial (maximum) contract price was 1.76364437 billion rubles 44 kopecks. The laying of the Kamchatka patrol vessel (serial number 052) under this contract was carried out at the Almaz SF on May 24, 2017, the Kamchatka ship was launched on May 17, 2018 and became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia on November 23 2018 year.

 In February 2018, Almaz SF signed a new contract with the FSB of Russia for the construction of two more border patrol ships of project 22120 with serial numbers 053 and 054, with a deadline for the delivery of both in 2019. The laying ceremony of both Zabaykalye (serial number 053) and Taimyr (serial number 054) ships under this contract was carried out at the plant on May 30, 2018. The Zabaykalye ship was launched at the end of April 2019, and in July the ship became part of the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, although there were no official reports about this. Now, Kamchatka and Transbaikalia have made a joint transition from the Baltic to the North, from where, apparently, they will proceed to the place of permanent basing in the Far East (Kamchatka should make the transition to the place of basing in Kamchatka).

The Taimyr ship (serial number 054) was launched without much publicity in early July 2019.


The Taimyr border patrol ship (serial number 054) of project 22120, which is being built for the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, launched at PJSC Shipbuilding Firm Almaz PJSC. St. Petersburg, 07/27/2019 (c) Curious / forums.airbase.ru

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3753039.html

Good move.

Rasul Gamzatov border patrol ship of project 22460 launched

According to reports, on December 21, 2019, Almaz Shipbuilding Firm in St. Petersburg launched the Rasul Gamzatov border patrol ship, which is being built for the Coast Guard of the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, with serial number 511 of project 22460 (code “Okhotnik”) , developer - Northern PCB JSC). He became the 14th border patrol ship (PSKR) of project 22460 and the 11th ship of this project, being built at the Almaz SF, and, apparently, will be the last unit in the series of project 22460.



https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3882955.html

a small, cute, armed and armoured boat....

Interesting... can anyone work out what weapon is mounted front and rear... I have had a close look and I can't tell if it is a short barrel grenade launcher or a rifle calibre gatling gun... it looks quite short for its diameter so I am thinking grenade launcher of perhaps 40mm calibre or a 4 barrel rifle calibre GSh-7.62 like that fitted to the Ka-29 troop helo.

BTW most of the boats above are here:

https://www.aoosk.ru/en/products/

But not this new boat...

PapaDragon wrote:

George1 wrote:Rasul Gamzatov border patrol ship of project 22460 launched
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https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3882955.html

So this will be 14th and the last one even though 30 were originally planned.

Do we know what they plan to build in place of this class?    

Last paragraph of the linked article:
"Thus, the total number of built or under construction RCPS of project 22460 is currently 14 units, of which 13 have been commissioned and one is under construction. According to unofficial information, the Border service of the FSB of Russia is not very satisfied with the characteristics of the project 22460, which is why, apparently, its construction will not continue, and instead, in 2016, the construction of the project 10410 PCR (code "Firefly") in a modernized appearance will be resumed."

GarryB wrote:Interesting... can anyone work out what weapon is mounted front and rear... I have had a close look and I can't tell if it is a short barrel grenade launcher or a rifle calibre gatling gun... it looks quite short for its diameter so I am thinking grenade launcher of perhaps 40mm calibre or a 4 barrel rifle calibre GSh-7.62 like that fitted to the Ka-29 troop helo.

Might be just a filler. Article mentions various weapon options for the two weapon mounts.

Nice... thanks for the link...

They have a history of using turrets from armoured vehicles on their light boats... right down to the rifle calibre machine gun turrets from the T-26 light tank, so of course it makes a lot of sense to use remote weapon turrets being developed for new light vehicles for essentially the same purpose...

On a river the requirements in terms of stabilisation wont be that much difference though there is probably a reduction in accuracy... it will still be better than hand held weapons.

After the Falklands war Soviet ships started being seen with HMG mountings near the ships bridges and over various places on the deck as British experience showed that even rifle calibre machine gun fire using tracer can put off a pilot trying to bomb your vessel... and large volumes of fire can be very effective in putting the pilot off even if it doesn't shoot down a lot of planes. Of course for objects in the water like divers or floating mines they are useful too.

franco wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:

George1 wrote:Rasul Gamzatov border patrol ship of project 22460 launched
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https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3882955.html

So this will be 14th and the last one even though 30 were originally planned.

Do we know what they plan to build in place of this class?    

Last paragraph of the linked article:
"Thus, the total number of built or under construction RCPS of project 22460 is currently 14 units, of which 13 have been commissioned and one is under construction. According to unofficial information, the Border service of the FSB of Russia is not very satisfied with the characteristics of the project 22460, which is why, apparently, its construction will not continue, and instead, in 2016, the construction of the project 10410 PCR (code "Firefly") in a modernized appearance will be resumed."

It's obvious here, they want a bigger main gun, in 76.2mm caliber, specifically the AK-176MA main gun which will allow it to hit surface targets 6 times farther.

Either way... they have some boats and can use their experience with them and the experience with being let down by unreliable foreign suppliers to make a better choice in the future...