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'CHAHO' fast attack craft (rocket) (1974-late 1970s)


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Iranian 'Chaho' 1998

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

66 boats

North Korea: 66 boats

1974-late 1970s: 66 boats

none

none

late 1990s: 4 boats

early 2000s: 3 boats

in service (2019): 59 boats



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t82
Length, m27.7
Breadth, m6.40
Draught, m1.80
No of shafts4
Machinery

4 M50F-4 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)325(19)
Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/89, 1 x 40 - 122 BM-21 RL

Electronic equipmentZarnitsa or type 351 radar
Complement24


Standard scale images


1980
1980


Graphics


Iranian 'Chaho' 1998
Iranian 'Chaho' 1998


Project history

Steel-hulled version of Soviet project 183 with BM-21 Grad rocket launcher (40 reloads).

Modernizations

late 1980s-1990s, mostly: - 2 x 2 - 14.5/89; + 1 x 2 - 23/87 ZU-23-2

Naval service

No significant events.