Bison - the landing craft air cushion (26 photos) Bashny.Net

Amphibious hovercraft project 1232 "Bison". Small landing craft air cushion landing crucial task in amphibious operations



In 1978 g.po assignment Navy command CMDB "Almaz" start designing more powerful amphibious hovercraft (DKVP) under the code "Bison". Setting the envisaged increase in travel speed, landing loads (up to 3 main tanks), strengthening the artillery and electronic equipment.



Maximum load capacity of up to 150 m provides transportation of equipment and personnel in a variety of ways: 3 main battle tank of any type of a total weight of up to 150 tons, or 10 armored personnel carriers - up to 131 tons, or 8 BMP - up to 115 tons, or 8 amphibious tanks, or 140 paratroopers from the standard weapons. To accommodate personnel landing there are 4 rooms with 140 seats. If necessary, a room for combat vehicles may be equipped with removable benches to accommodate an additional 360 people (total 500).



From 1988 to 1994 for the Soviet Navy and Russian built 6 MDKVP pr.12322 "Bison". By the end of 2002 in the battle of the Russian Navy were 3 ships of this class. Between 2001 and 2004, 4 ships "Bison" (2 Russia and Ukraine) were delivered to Greece.