The crews of the "Raptor" patrol boats of the Black Sea Fleet (BSF RF) practiced destroying unmanned boats of a mock enemy, as well as countering underwater saboteurs. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The defense department added that the boat crews searched for small-sized targets using their own means and with the support of naval aviation. Upon detection of unmanned boats, they opened fire on them from "Uprava-Kord" artillery modules and small arms.
The targets were destroyed at a distance of about 10 km from the shore, with fire being conducted at a distance of up to 2 km from the "Raptor" boats. Special forces from the unit to combat underwater sabotage forces carried out underwater descents to inspect the berthing areas of ships and, if mines were found, to eliminate them, the press service summarized.
Features of the "Raptor" boat:
- speed — up to 50 knots
- protection from Br4 class armored panels
- portholes with bulletproof glass
- crew — 3 people
- armament: a combat remotely controlled module of 14.5 mm caliber and 2 6P41 "Pecheneg" machine guns of 7.62 mm caliber.
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