The Tor-M2KM SAM module has already been installed on the lead patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet Vasily Bykov, which is undergoing practical tests
MOSCOW, June 13. /tass/. Patrol ships of Project 22160, which are in service with the Black Sea Fleet (Black Sea Fleet) of the Russian Federation, will be armed with the Tor-M2KM anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) by the end of the year to strengthen the ship's air defense (air defense), taking into account the experience of a special military operation. This was reported to TASS on Monday by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"By the end of this year, the Black Sea corvettes of the 22160 project, taking into account the experience of participating in the special operation, will strengthen the ship's air defense system by installing the Tor-M2KM air defense system," the agency interlocutor said.
According to him, the head patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet Vasily Bykov, which is taking part in a special military operation, has already installed the Tor-M2KM air defense system module, which is undergoing practical tests. The process of installing the complex on the remaining three Black Sea Fleet corvettes (Dmitry Rogachev, Pavel Derzhavin and Sergey Kotov) will take into account the experience of operating the SAM in combat conditions.
TASS has no official information on this matter.
The Project 22160 corvettes can carry up to eight Kalibr cruise missiles. The ship's air defense system consists of eight Igla-S or Willow MANPADS and two 14.5 mm MTPU-1 "Sting" naval machine gun mounts. The ship has hangars for the Ka-29 helicopter and drones.
Corvette "Victor the Great"
Patrol ship of project 22160 "Victor the Great", under construction at the Zelenodolsk plant named after Gorky, will enter the Black Sea Fleet before the end of the year with the installed SAM "Tor-M2KM". This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
"The Victor the Great corvette, which is being built at the Zelenodolsk plant, will join the Black Sea Fleet in December 2022 with the Tor-M2KM air defense system module already installed," the agency interlocutor said.
According to him, the patrol ship "Nikolay Sipyagin", which is also being built at the Zelenodolsk plant, which is completing the series of ships of the project 22160, "has a chance to enter the Black Sea Fleet by the end of 2023 with a new version of the ship-based air defense system." TASS has no official information about this.
SAM "Tor-M2KM"
The Tor-M2KM is an autonomous short-range anti-aircraft missile system. It provides reliable defeat of maneuvering cruise missiles of long and medium range, anti-radar missiles, cruise missiles of any range and basing, anti-ship missiles flying at an altitude of up to 5 m above the sea surface, planning and guided aerial bombs, unmanned aerial vehicles, enemy aircraft and helicopters flying at altitudes from 10 to 10 thousand meters above sea level seas, at a range from 1 thousand to 15 thousand. m with a course parameter of up to 8 thousand meters.
In 2016, successful tests were conducted on the use of the Tor-M2KM SAM on surface ships. The module was fixed on the helipad of the lead frigate of Project 11356R "Admiral Grigorovich" and launched missile simulators.
