Type 143A Gepard class Fast Attack Missile Craft - The improved Albatros

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Type 143A Gepard class Fast Attack Missile Craft - The improved Albatros

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Background/History

The Type 143A Gepard class fast attack missile craft or schnellboot is a class of 10 vessels built between 1982 to 1984, if the the ship looks familiar or the 143 in the name rings any bells you aren’t mistaken, the Gepard class is in fact a evolution of the albatross found already in-game and are in fact are somewhat similar, as an evolved version of the Albatros the main difference being that as the Cold War progressed Missiles became more and more advance and so as a result these ships sacrificed the rear 76mm gun for a new 21 cell GDC RAM launcher, however unlike their predecessor these ships did not come torpedos on the rear of the ship nor any at all though sources indicate these ships had 2 12.7mm machine guns aboard, otherwise compared to their predecessors they were pretty much the same, these ships would see service up until the early to mid 2010’s when the class was slowly decommissioned form 2012 to 2016 with the lead ship Gepard which was decommissioned on December 12th, 2014 being preserved and opened as a museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany alongside other preserved German ships.

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Specifications

Displacement: 390 t (380 long tons)

Length: 57.6 m (189 ft)

Beam: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)

Draft: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)

Propulsion:

4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel-engines, totalling 13,235 kW (17,748 hp)

4 shafts total

Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)

Complement: 35 to 36 total

Sensory and other systems:

  • MSSR 2000I Radar
  • WM27 Radar
  • MSP500 electro-optical sensor
  • FL1800 ESM suite

Electronic warfare & decoys:

  • HOT DOG decoy launcher
  • DAG2200 WOLKE chaff launcher

Armament:

Main Gun(s):

1 × 76mm/62 Oto Melara compact gun mount

Anti Ship missiles:

4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles

Missile Launcher(s):

1 × GDC RAM launcher, 21 cell

Machine Guns:

2 × 12.7mm MG50-1 machine guns

Other Weaponry:

Mine laying capability (amount not specified)

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Sources

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Type 143A Gepard class Fast Attack Missile Craft German Navy

Gepard-class fast attack craft - Wikipedia

GEPARD missile boats (1982 - 1984)

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Type 143A Gepard class Fast Attack Missile Craft German Navy

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