Soviet Navy Project 12321 “Dzheyran“ large assault hovercraft

In the period from 1970 to 1985 at the Almaz Production Association (in Leningrad) 20 assault hovercraft of this type were built (1 ship of project 1232* and 19 ships of project 12321) Displacement: standard - 310 long tons and 350-360 t full load Length 47.8 m Beam 19.4 m - height - 21.9 m; - flexible fence height - 2.2 m; - draft at full displacement - 1.3 m Propulsion 2 × 9,600 hp (7.2 MW) DT-4 Kuznetsov NK-12MV gas turbines driving 4 axial lift fans and 4 propeller units (4 × four-bladed variable-pitch propellers, 2 pusher, 2 tractor) Speed 70 knots (130 km/h; 81 mph) Range 300 nmi at 50 kn (500 nmi max.) Capacity: 80 tons or 4 light tanks or two medium tanks (or two MBT) or five armored personnel carriers or 200 troops Crew: 21 (3 officers) Electronic: - radar of general detection - “Balkan“ or “Mius“ (“Donets-2“ *) - identification station - “Nichrome“ Armament: 2 × twin AK-230 30 mm (1 × twin AK-230 30 mm *) * - on MDK-167 (1232 pre-production) music: . Matthias Ullrich and Raffael Gruber - Hooligan . Matthias Ullrich and Raffael Gruber - Halo Effect . Bobby Richards - Lens