Super Dvora Mk II class patrol boat
- Super Dvora Mk II class patrol boat
The Super Dvora Mark II fast patrol boats is a high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions from typical off-shore coastal patrol mission profiles to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps the Super Dvora Mark II is the successor to the Dvora class fast patrol boats. The Super Dvora Mark II has been employed by the Sri Lanka Navy to counter LTTE operations at sea.
Design and Construction
Close to 25m in length the Super Dvora has a marine aluminum alloy planing hull in order to maintaining high standards of sea-keeping, maneuverability and static/dynamic intact/damaged stability in adverse environments.
Armament
Originally the main armament of the Super Dvora Mark II was Oerlikon 20 mm cannon which where manually operated. At present all Super Dvora Mark II types have been modified to allow for the installation of Typhoon 25-30mm stabilized cannon which can be slaved to state-of the art mast-mounted, day/night, long range electro-optic systems. In addition to its main armament Super Dvora Mark II carry heavy or light machine guns depending on the operational requirements.
Sri Lankan Navy Super Dvora Mark II carry additional weapon systems such as automatic grenade launchers and PKM general purpose machine guns.
Operators
*Eritrean Navy[ [http://www.bits.de/public/pdf/rr03-1.pdf rr03-1-korrigiert.PDF ] ] ;IND]
* Indian Navy
* Israeli Sea Corps
*Slovenian Navy
* Sri Lanka Navy----
External links & references
* [http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/naval/super_dvora2/SuperDvora2.html www.israeli-weapons.com]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Dvora.html www.bharat-rakshak.com]
References
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