Sergey Kotov Corvette on the bottom: which warned the Russian ship's critics (photo)

Critics did not skimp on the version and assumptions, and mostly came to the conclusion that a ship of this class in modern conditions of war was virtually useless. How Russian "Military Experts" reacted to the loss of the next ship in the Navy of the Russian Federation, it is referred to in the material "War Obress". The authors of the publication received an article from the archive for 2021, when Sergei Kotov Corvette was still testing.

The material of Russian observers called "We need such ships at sea?" The question had a question at the end, and the comments contained, in particular, a negative grade. During the discussion, it was said that "Sergei Kotov" was a defective ship. The critics did not even hint, but spoke openly that the weapons of the ship are more than modest. "One 76. 2 mm Artillery AK-176MA (b/k 304 shots) and two machine guns of 14.

5 mm in the installations Of the eight II-S or Willow MANA, that is, a little more than nothing, "one of the users writes. With such a set, critics continued, Sergei Kotov could resist the "pair of helicopters", but not in any way more serious threats, including air. Thus, the value of patrol ships with such weapons in the conditions of fighting sharply falls.

The observers partially agreed with such an opinion, clarifying that in the event of an attack of any shock aircraft at the Corvette of the Project 22160, which was "Sergei Kotov", there were no chance of survival. This is because the MANA on the ship has a range of up to 1. 5 km, but the scenario of confrontation is almost unlikely in the open sea.

On the other hand, the arguments were given that "Sergey Kotov" is still a patrol ship, not a cruiser, and that its purpose is to perform tasks in the coastal area under the cover of coastal anti -ship complexes and air defense complexes.

The propagandists also tried to justify themselves that at the time of the Corvette creation, no one could have suggested that the main threat to ships would not be aviation, but a non -tranted boat, or, as abbreviated, is a backing, a beck, filled with explosives and a satellite. But all this cannot be denied the fact that the ship is armed with an automatic gun and two machine guns, adopted in 1949.

In addition, there were no modern means of detection at the near distances, such as night vision devices and thermal imagers. And praised by Russian experts, the radar system "Positive-MK", which "views" 300 km was, as it turned out in practice, ineffective. Another interesting aspect was the financial side of the question.

The fact is that Russia spent 36 billion rubles (about $ 400 million) for six absolutely defenseless ships - "pigeons of peace", as they called the Project ships 22160 on their full incapacity. The authors of the material emphasize that this money could be possible 24 Su-34 fighters and several Su-35, which is actually a new airfield.