Israel has completed the acceptance of four corvettes from Germany. Yesterday, September 8, the portal defensenews.com He reported that the ship Nitzahon arrived in the port of Haifa after a two-week journey from Germany.
The contract for the construction of four corvettes for the Israeli Navy was signed in 2015, and their construction began at the end of 2018. The Israeli Defense Ministry describes the corvettes of the Sa'ar 6 project as the basis of its naval "defensive wall", as well as "a key support in the maritime protection of both Israeli waters and energy assets at sea."
Corvettes of the Sa'ar 6 project
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INS Magen — the first of four Sa'ar 6-type corvettes ordered by Israel from Germany-was delivered to Israel in December last year. These ships are built on the basis of the German K130 Braunschweig ships of the MEKO 100 project and are multi-purpose. At the same time, Israel equips corvettes with domestic combat systems and weapons.
Corvettes of the Sa'ar 6 type have a displacement of up to 2000 tons, the length of the hull is 90 m. Each of the ships will be armed with a 76 mm artillery gun, two Typhoon rapid-firing small-caliber guns, 16 Barak-8 missile launchers, the same number of Gabriel 5 anti-ship missiles, a 40-cell C-Dome air defense system and two 324 mm torpedo tubes. In addition, there is a platform for a medium-class helicopter on the stern. In the coming months, the first pair of corvettes of the Sa'ar 6 project should enter combat service.
