Zhuk-class patrol boat
1969 Soviet patrol boat class
The Zhuk-class patrol boat (; Russian: Жук, lit. 'beetle'), Soviet designation Project 1400 "Grif" (Russian: Сторожевые катера проекта 1400 (1400М) «Гриф», romanized: Storozhevyye katera proyekta 1400 (1400M) "Grif", lit. 'Vulture'), is a class of small border patrol vessels built in the Soviet Union and its successor states. Over 300 boats were built between 1969 and 1991. The vessels were primarily used by the KGB Border Troop Maritime Units. The vessels had a cheap design suitable for mass production, with a single simple radar unit and manually-aimed machine guns.
The Zhuk-class was widely exported to over 20 countries. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was distributed to its successor states, with the majority taken over by the Russian Federal Coast Guard. By 2007 only 15–20 remained in service with the Russian Navy.
Variants
Project 1400
Project 1400A
Project 1400E
Created in 1972
Project 1400M
Project 1400ME
Created in 1976
Project 1400T
Export version for Turkmenistan, 1 built in 2004.
Operators
Abkhazia
Abkhazian Navy – 2 were received in 1992–1993 and their armament was replaced with 1×2-23 mm ZU-23-2 and 1–2 blocks of S-8 rocket (80 mm by 20 pieces per block); those two were involved in the Sukhumi Airport blockade and the 1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks during the war in Abkhazia, shooting down at least one Sukhoi Su-25, one Tupolev Tu-134, and two Tupolev Tu-154s). In 2004 received 3 vessels from the Russian 6th Patrol Boat Brigade and in 2006 received 3 more vessels.
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