Class overview | |
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Name: | Sa'ar 62 class OPV |
Operators: | Azerbaijan Coast Guard |
Built: | 2010s |
Active: | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Offshore Patrol Vessel |
Displacement: | 500 t (490 long tons; 550 short tons) |
Length: | 62 m (203 ft) |
Beam: | 7.6 m (25 ft) |
Draft: | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
Speed: | Max: 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range: | 5000 nmi (13 knots) |
Complement: | 35 |
Sensors and processing systems: |
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Electronic warfare & decoys: |
Rafael MRCR chaff/soft-kill countermeasures |
Armament: |
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Aviation facilities: | Flight deck for an Airbus EC135 helicopter |
The Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel, are Azerbaijan Coast Guard vessels. The patrol vessels are based on the Sa'ar 4.5 class vessels.
The patrol craft have a basic design, but are equipped with modern sensors, systems and weapons. The vessels armament gives them the capability to engage surface, air, and land threats and targets, and the countermeasure system can give them protection from anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. The vessels can deploy small boats for boarding operations, and search and rescue. The vessels have a flight deck for an Airbus EC135 helicopter that can be used to assist the vessel in its missions.