Mission

Gepard-3.9 frigate is intended to search for, to track, and to engage surface, underwater and air targets, both independently and as part of a task force, as well as to perform escort and patrol tasks, and to guard maritime state borders and exclusive economic zones.

Armament & Equipment

Missile weapons

4x4 launchers of Uran-E anti-ship missile system (16 Kh-35 missiles)

Artillery weapons

76.2mm AK-176M artillery gun mount

three Palma AA artillery systems

ASW weapon systems

two 533mm two-tube torpedo launchers

RBU-6000 12-tube rocket depth bomb launcher

Purga ASW weapons control system

Fire control systems

Laska radar

SP-521 Rakurs system

Air systems

Ka-28 ASW helicopter (or Ka-31 radar picket helicopter)

hangar

take-off and landing pad

two 14.5mm machine guns

EW systems

MP-407E ECM system

PK-10 decoy system (4x10 launchers)

Navigation equipment

Gorizont-257 inertial navigation system comprising Gorizont-25 navigation radar

EKNIS MK-54IS and GPS NT200D systems

Combat information management system

Sigma-E system

Identification system

67R IFF suite

Communications

Buran-6VE automated communications system

Electronic equipment

Pozitiv-ME1 air/surface target acquisition radar

Sonar equipment

MGK-335EV-03 system

Special equipment

active roll stabilizers

underway fuel-replenishment system