Anti-Ship missile

MIGleader said:

have it your way. ill use reasoning. im not saying a ak-630 is lighter than a phalanx, its just easier to put on a smaller craft.

can u imagine what a phalanx would to if it replaced the ak-630?
it would make the ship more top heavy.

but id take a kashtan anyday

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how a ship will be heavier if the AK-630 system is heavier...

AK-630 don't have enough place if you have a patrol boat like this one..

an ak-630 distributes weight. its ammo, gun, and sensors are all in different parts of the ship, so the ship wont lean to one end. an big, tall phalanx intergrates its systems together(which is a good thing too). so a small ship will be kind of heavier to the top.

btw, what kind of ship is that?

it's a isrealis saar 4-5 patrol boat armed with 8 US Harpoon, 1 OTO Melara 76mm L/62, 1 Phalanx,1 twin or quad .50 MG, 2 oerlikon 20mm and 1 Isrealis Industries Barak 1 SAM VLS, max speed of 31 knots, 488 tons,

MIGleader said:

btw, what kind of ship is that?

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Here's a link for ya:


It's probably one of the most heavily armed <500 ton patrol boat I've ever seen.

Length 61.7 meters
Beam 7.62 meters
Displacement full load 488 tons
Maximum Speed 34 knots
Propulsion 4 MTU engines

Weapon systems
Phalanx CIWS
76 mm sea-to-sea gun
6 Gabriel sea-to-sea missiles
8 Harpoon sea-to-sea missiles
32 Barak missiles (VLS launcher)
Command, control and defense system

Check out Saar 5:

AK-630 don't have enough place if you have a patrol boat like this one..

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well this one is actually smaller than saar class...shame to those who didn't know this important shipclass by it's looks...this kind of stuff is basic level knowlidge that should be if taking part of naval discussion...



For paces' sake, return to ASMs.........