This project was undertaken by ASFAT, the main contractor of the MİLGEM project, which was initiated by the Ministry of National Defense for the Naval Forces in the previous period. These ships, which are said to be planned to be produced in the first stage, stand out with some differences from MİLGEMs such as weapons, sensors and propulsion systems. In addition, STM, one of MİLGEM’s subcontractors, OPV-2100 and OPV-1900 It should be noted that it is also different from Offshore Patrol Ships.
New MİLGEMs are coming to Blue Vatan!
Defense Industry President İsmail Demir announced that 3 new MİLGEMs will come to Mavi Vatan with his social media accounts.
Offshore Patrol Ship characteristics
- Basic tasks:
- Intelligence, surveillance
- Discovery (ICC)
- Search and rescue
- fight terrorism
- control operation at sea
- naval special operations
- Secondary missions:
- naval air operations
- Electronic and acoustic warfare
- land bombardment
- Defense against asymmetric threats
- Protection of sea freight
- Support and training within the scope of amphibious operations
- Capabilities and competencies:
- High maritime capability
- Low radar cross section and magnetic trace
- High redundancy and growth capacity
- On-site system capability
- High automation – integrated platform and monitoring system
- CBRN
- Sensor and weapons:
- Search and target acquisition radar
- A/K radar
- Navigation/LPI radar
- Electronic support system
- Sonar
- TACAN
- 76mm gun
- 2x 12.7 mm machine gun (E/O capability)
- chaff is deceiving
| main dimensions | |
| Full size | 99.56 meters |
| Max. | 14.42 meters |
| Away | 2300 tons |
| machine systems | |
| Main drive configuration | CODELOD 4x diesel, 2x electric motor |
| Auxiliary machines | 4x diesel generator |
| vehicles | |
| helicopter platform | 10 tons |
| Hangar | 1x HELO-1x GIHA |
| RHIB | 1x 7.5 meters – 1x 5.5 meters |
| Cruising | |
| Maximum speed | 24 knots |
| economic speed | 12 knots |
| Direction of Navigation | 4500 NM |
| cruise time | 21 days |
| replenishment at sea | 2 stations |
| living quarters | |
| personal number | 104 people |
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