Lida Class Minesweeper
by Chris King
 1/700  Lida Class Minesweeper (Scratchbuilt)

Russian Lida class (Project 10750 Sapfir).  Twenty-two of these units were built from 1989 onwards.  They have a fiberglass hull with displacement of 135 tons full load, and dimensions of 31.5 x 6.5 x 2.4 m.  These small vessels are well-equiped, modern mine warfare vessels.  Armament consists of 1x6 30 mm gattling anti-aircraft gun, 1x8 Igla-M missile launcher, submerged television minehunter, 1 contact sweep GKT-3MO, 1 non-contact sweep SEMT-1 (including acoustic sweep AT-6).  They have MIUS radar, Kabarga-1 mine locating sonar, and carry spetsnaz divers and mine specialists.

Chris King



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