The crews of anti-sabotage boats "Nakhimovets" and "P-474" of project 21980 "Grachonok" took part in naval exercises in the Baltic Sea. The sailors conducted firing from large-caliber machine guns at targets. This was reported by the press service of the Baltic Fleet.
The servicemen threw grenades using stationary small-sized remotely controlled grenade launcher systems. They destroyed a model of a sea floating mine with a machine gun shot, and also protected the boats from a mock enemy while at anchor.
The Russian Navy includes 28 anti-sabotage boats, 2 are under construction. A total of 32 vessels are planned under the project.
Characteristics of project 21980 "Grachonok":
- Displacement - 138.69 tons
- Length - 31.04 m
- Width - 7.4 m
- Draft - 1.86 m
- Speed - 23 knots
- Cruising range - 200 miles
- Endurance - 5 days
- Crew - up to 20 people
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