The icebreaker and ice-class patrol ship "Ivan Papanin" of Project 23550 carried out artillery firing in the Barents Sea as part of combat training.
During the sea passage, the missile and artillery combat unit crews practiced firing at coastal open and closed target positions from the AK-176MA artillery mount. Control firing was also conducted to destroy sea mines and small surface targets, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
"Ivan Papanin" is the lead representative of Project 23550 from the USC "Almaz" design bureau and was built at the Admiralty Shipyards of USC. The ship is designed to protect areas of maritime economic activity and navigation of Russia in the Arctic zone.
The exercises became part of the crew's planned training program in Arctic conditions, where ships have to operate in difficult ice conditions and at low temperatures.
