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TL;DR:
Coastal vessel, first Pr. 1124 version, armed with T-28 turrets and a 7.62mm MG. Also since Gaijin made the river tanks actually playable can be decent rank 1-2.
History:.
The original design of Project 1124, this first series of boats were designed for operation on the Amur river in the far east to accompany the existing Amur River Flotilla of large river gunboats. As part of efforts to develop armoured gunboats, Project 1124 was started in 1931 as the larger of two projects, and was envisioned to be used for reconnaissance, flanking ground forces, and transporting sabotage groups. The ships were designed to be transportable by rail, and were flat bottomed with recessed propellers to operate in the shallow river. Design work was completed in 1934 and the first set of 28 boats were ordered under the 2nd Five Year Plan in 1935. They were built at Shipyard No. 340 in Zelenodolsk and were completed and shipped to the Amur in 1936-38.
Compared to the later versions of the boat, the original design had worse seakeeping qualities due to its straight sides, which led to water from the bow washing all the way to the bridge. It was much less armed too, having two T-28 turrets with the old KT-28 gun, along with a single turret on the conning tower with only a 7.62mm DA machine gun. The boats were also able to carry 10 mines and minesweeping equipment. It was also far more amenable than later boats of its design due to the lack of cost-saving wartime measures. It had more furniture, galvanized and linoleum-covered deck, copper tubes, searchlights, extensive electrical wiring, and automatic pumps. Though at the same time, these amenities also meant a thinner armour plating of only 6mm.
All of the boats were assigned to the Amur Flotilla, and would remain there for the duration of the Second World War. BKA No.13, actually the 20th boat completed, for some reason has the most surviving images. The only major refits they went through were the addition of a bow breakwater to improve seakeeping on some boats, and the replacement of the DA machine gun with a 12.7mm DShK (It was also reported some were then rearmed with the DShKM-2B turret later). All survived the war, with likely the only action being during the invasion of Manchuria, and after the war they were scrapped.
Specifications:
Armament:
2x1 T-28 turrets
- 1x1 76 mm KT-28 (112 rpg)
- 1x1 7.62 mm DT
1x1 7.62 mm DA in PB-5 turret (replaced with 12.7mm DShK in 1940-41)
10 R-1 minesArmour: (RHA)
6mm belt
4mm deck
20mm turrets
8mm bridge faces
4mm bridge roofDisplacement:
37 tons standard
41 tons fullLength: 25.3m
Beam: 3.59m
Draft: 0.74m
Propulsion: 2 GAM-34 petrol engines, 1350hp, driving 2 shafts
Speed: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h)
Range: 280 nmi (at 13.5 knots)
Crew: 13
Images:
Sources:
Budzbon, P. Radziemski, J. Twardowski, M. (2022). Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945 (Kindle Edition. pp. 262-270). Pen and Sword.
Platonov, Alexei (2004). Sovetskiye Monitory, Kanonerskiye Lodki i Bronekatera (pp. 39-43). Vol. I. Sankt-Petrburg.
Shirokorad, A. B. (2002). Dinayskaya Voyennaya Flotiliya. In Korabli i Katera VMF SSSR 1939-1945 gg.: Spravochnik (pp. 845-849). Kharvest.