Ashura -class speedboat
Class overview Builders Marine Industries Organization Operators General characteristics Type Fast patrol boat Displacement 1 ton full load[ 1] Length 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)[ 1] Beam 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[ 1] Draught 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)[ 1] Installed power Diesel Propulsion 2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW)[ 1] Speed 90 knots (170 km/h) (estimate)[ 1] [ 2] Complement 4[ 1] Armament
The Ashura Persian : عاشورا , also known as MIG-G-0800 )[ 1] class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran .[ 3] Boston Whaler type vessel based on a Watercraft UK design, and is manufactured domestically with hulls made of glass-reinforced plastic .[ 1]
Types
Ashura speedboats are able to carry various guns, including heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers .[ 1] ZU-23-2 autocannon, DShK machine gun, and modified to carry a single naval mine .[ 3]
Export
From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven Ashura boats from Iran.[ 4]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016 , Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 391, ISBN 9780710631435 OCLC 919022075 ^ "110 Combat Speedboats Delivered to IRGC Navy - Politics news" .^ a b Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008), Iran's Asymmetric Naval Warfare (PDF) (Policy Focus), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, p. 12, archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-17, retrieved 2020-08-07 ^ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Sudan", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016 , Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 792, ISBN 9780710631435 OCLC 919022075
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