Gepard 5.3

Armament & Equipment

Missile weapons 

To engage surface targets the ship is armed with the Uran-E ASM system (4×4 tilt launchers, 16 missiles) and a fire control module.

Artillery weapons 

In addition to the artillery weapons of Gepard 5.1, the frigate Gepard 5.3configuration has two Palma air defence gun/missile systems with Sosna-R SAMs.

Mines and ASW equipment

• two 533mm DTA-53 twin torpedo trainable tubes;
• RPK-8E ASW missile system;
• Purga ASW weapons control system.

Electronic equipment

• Pozitiv-ME1 air and surface target detection radar;
• 67R IFF suite;
• Podzagolovok-23E mutual interference avoidance system;
• Sigma-E combat information management system;
• TK-25E electronic warfare system;
• PK-10 short range jamming systems;
• BOT-E or Zmei sonar countermeasure system;
• Segment-661 system.

Sonar equipment 

• MGK-335EM-03 sonar with hull-mounted array;
• Anapa-ME hydroacoustic underwater anti-saboteur detection sonar.

Navigation equipment 

• LI2-1ME log;
• NEL-20K navigation echo sounder;
• Ogon-50 infrared night group navigation system;
• KM115-07 magnetic compass;
• MS-98 weather radar;
• Morena-1 weather data receiver;
• Ladoga-ME inertial navigation and stabilisation system.

Communications equipment 

• Rubin-EG2 automated communications system;
• VHF radiotelephone station;
• visual communications and surveillance equipment;
• internal voice announcement system.

Air systems 

• ASW helicopter;
• hangar;
• helipad and maintenance equipment.

The ship carries a Ka-28 or Ka-31 helicopter in search-and-rescue configuration in peacetime, and an ASW version in wartime.