Kazakhstan class

History
Kazakhstan
Name	Kazakhstan-class
Owner	Kazakh Navy
Builder	Uralsk Plant Zenit JSC
Acquired	4
In service	4
General characteristics
Class and type	Missile boat
Displacement	240 tons
Length	41.8 meters
Beam	7.8 meters
Draught	2.5 meters
Propulsion	2 MTU 16V4000 M71 diesels
Speed	30 knots
Complement	30
Sensors and processing systems	Furuno, surface search radars, Cascade 250 electrooptic system
Armament	Kazakhstan: 1x 25mm twin 2M-3M autocannon 2x 14.5mm machine guns 1x 40-barrel 122mm BM-21 Ogon rocket launcher Other ships: 1x 30mm AK-630 6-barrel CIWS 1x Baryer-VK naval guided missile weapons system (4x RK-2V ATGM launch tubes) 1x Arbalet-K shipborne anti-air missile system (4x Igla missile launchers)

The Kazakhstan-class missile boats are domestically produced missile boats from Kazakhstan's Uralsk Plant Zenit JSC. They are the first domestically produced naval vessels in Kazakhstan and are stationed in the Caspian Sea in service with the Kazakh Navy. Ships in the class have a displacement of 240 tons, a top speed of 30 knots, and are armed with "modernized anti-aircraft missile and artillery units." They are the largest vessels in the Kazakh Navy arsenal. There are four ships in the class, named Kazakhstan, Oral, Saryarka, and Mangistau.

References

• "Министерство обороны Республики Казахстан (МО РК)". mod.gov.kz. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
• "Kazakhstan Navy Unveils Its First Ship". EurasiaNet.org. Retrieved 14 December 2014.