DCS Reference: Ships, Eastern

Many carrier aircraft have somewhat contradictory definitions, or definitions of unclear value, as far as their carrying capacity. They may list only having 4 parking spots and a max number of aircraft or helicopters, in one sense, but then have coordinates set for over a dozen different parking spots on the deck. The blocks below distinguish between these two by calling them “nominal” and “defined” limits, where the nominal parking limit at most seems to correlate to how many different aircraft can be designated as “start on runway” in the mission editor.

The defensive arcs show the areas around the ship where specific defensive systems have full range of movement. This does not mean that areas that are not covered are safe — rather that the ship systems will be limited in their effectiveness because ship decks, conning towers, or bridges are in the way. However, given enough elevation, they can usually shoot over such obstructions, and only low-altitude skimming creates the coverage gaps demonstrated. In addition, depending on the guidance system of the weapon, they may be lofted above obstacles if the target is far enough away, which means that the “safe zone” only exists at low altitude and at close range.

Up to four range layers are shown in the arc sketches: close-range protection (from CIWS and simular systems); short-range protection, usually from IR-guided missiles; medium-range protection, usually from less advanced radar missiles; and long-range protection.

Since all ships only use a handful of weapon systems, the two are presented separately to reduce the amount of repetition.

Ships

Project 1124 Albatros / Grisha V-class Corvette

Hull 140 MPK-202 (Fictional)

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
FFL 1124.4 Grisha	Small anti-submarine ship	1× 1000× A-213-Vympel-A CIWS 2× 22× 4K33 Osa-M 1× 180× 76mm 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars		Detection: 0–16.2nm / 0–30km Detection alt.: 0–68,700ft / 0–20,900m Engagement: 0–8.6nm / 0–16km Engagement alt.: 0–36,600ft / 25–11,100m
Hit points	1,600	Max speed	15.4m/s (30kts, 55.5km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 15.9nm / 29.5km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 13.8nm / 25.5km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. The Osa tracker can guide a single missile at a single target. No target size limit defined.
Carrying capacity	None.
Notes
Hull number 140 was assigned to an Kashin-class ASW in the 1970s, an Alesha-class minelayer in the early 1980s, to a Molniya-2/Pauk-class ASW in the late 1980s, and to a Yaz-class artillery ship in the mid 1990s. The closest equivalent hull number for the correct type and period is 145 for the ship “MPK-202”.
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Project 1135M Burevestnik M / Krivak II-class Frigate

Hull 690 Rezky

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
FF 1135M Rezky	Guard ship	2× 22× 4K33 Osa-M 2× 175× 100mm 4× URK-5 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars		Detection: 0–16.2nm / 0–30km Detection alt.: 0–68,700ft / 0–20,900m Engagement: 0–8.6nm / 0–16km Engagement alt.: 0–36,600ft / 25–11,100m
Hit points	1,800	Max speed	16.7m/s (32kts, 59.3km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 17.5nm / 32.4km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 13.8nm / 25.5km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. Each Osa tracker can guide a single missile at a single target. No target size limit defined.
Carrying capacity	None.
Notes
Hull number was 690 at time of decommission.
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Project 1144 Orlan / Kirov-class Battlecruiser

Hull 183 Pyotr Velikiy

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
CGN 1144.2 Piotr Velikiy	Heavy Nuclear-powered Missile Cruiser	6× 2×2000+64× 3M87 Kortik CIWS/Missile 4× 16× 3K95 Kinzhal 6× 8× S-300F Fort 6× 5× S-300FM Fort-M 4× 5× P-700 Granit 1× 2×180× twin AK-130 130mm 1× RBU-6000 ASM mortars 2× RBU-1000 ASM mortars		Detection: 0–97.2nm / 0–180km Detection alt.: 0–49,200ft / 0–15,000m Engagement: 1.1–64.8nm / 2–120km Engagement alt.: 82–98,400ft / 25–30,000m
Hit points	6,500	Max speed	16.0m/s (31.1kts, 57.6km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 21.6nm / 40km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 72.9nm / 135km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. Each Kortik can engage a single target with 2 guns/1 missile at a time. The Kinzhal tracker can guide 2 missiles at a single target. S-300 trackers can guide 2 missiles per target at 2 targets at a time. Target size limit: 0.049m².
Carrying capacity	1 defined helicopter parking spots. 1 helicopter nominal capacity.
Notes
Acts as a warehouse to deliver stores to other units and to landed aircraft. Per the internal definitions, it cannot re-arm its own weapon stores once depleted. The engagement limits only apply to the S-300 tracking radar. Other systems have lower minimum and maximum ranges. Is internally defined to allow attacks against targets up to 297nm / 550km away, presumably to allow for Granit targeting.
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Project 1164 Atlant / Slava-class Cruiser

Hull 121 Moskva

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
CG 1164 Moskva	Guided Missile Cruisers	6× 1000× A-213-Vympel-A CIWS 2× 22× 4K33 Osa-M 8× 8× S-300F Fort 16× P-500 Bazalt 1× 2×180× twin AK-130 130mm 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars 2× PK-2 chaff/flare launcher		Detection: 0–86.4nm / 0–160km Detection alt.: 0–366,400ft / 0–111,700m Engagement: 1.1–64.8nm / 2–120km Engagement alt.: 82–98,400ft / 25–30,000m
Hit points	5,200	Max speed	16.7m/s (32.5kts, 60.2km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 21.6nm / 40km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 72.9nm / 135km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. Each weapon system can guide a single missile/gun to a single target. Target size limit: 0.049m².
Carrying capacity	1 defined helicopter parking spots. 1 helicopter nominal capacity.
Notes
Acts as a warehouse to deliver stores to other units and to landed aircraft. Per the internal definitions, it cannot re-arm its own weapon stores once depleted. The engagement limits only apply to the S-300 tracking radar. Other systems have lower minimum and maximum ranges. Is internally defined to allow attacks against targets up to 270nm / 500km away, presumably to allow for Bazalt targeting.
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Project 1241 / Tarantul III-class Corvette

Hull 952 R-109

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
FSG 1241.1MP Molniya	Missile boat	2× 1000× A-213-Vympel-A CIWS 4× P-270 Moskit 1× 180× 76mm 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars 2× BM-14-17 MLRS		Detection: 0–16.2nm / 0–30km Detection alt.: 0–68,700ft / 0–20,900m Engagement: 0–8.6nm / 0–16km Engagement alt.: 0–36,600ft / 25–11,100m
Hit points	1,100	Max speed	18.5m/s (36kts, 66.7km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Multi-role radar: 360° horizontal × -4°–+70° vertical; 12s scan time. Radar lock-on: 15.4nm / 28.4km. Notch: <27.8m/s (54kts, 100km/h) vrad. Target size limit: 0.1m².
Carrying capacity	None.
Notes
Should have 4× 9K32 Strela-2 / SA-7 “Grail” launchers, but no such capability is modelled. Is internally defined to allow attacks against targets up to 65nm / 120km away, presumably to allow for Moskit targeting.
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Project 11435 / Kuznetsov-class Carrier

Hull 063 Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
CV 1143.5 Admiral Kuznetsov CV 1143.5 Admiral Kuznetsov (2017) (Supercarrier)	Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser	8× 2×2000+64× 3M87 Kortik CIWS/Missile 6× 1000× A-213-Vympel-A CIWS 4× 48× 3K95 Kinzhal 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars 2× 6× P-700 Granit		Detection: 0–13.5nm / 0–25km Detection alt.: 0–71,800ft / 0–21,800m Engagement: 0–6.5nm / 0–12km Engagement alt.: 0–34,400ft / 25–10,500m
Hit points	7,000	Max speed	16.5m/s (32kts, 59.2km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 21.1m / 39km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 11.5nm / 21.3km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. Each Kortik can engage a single target with 2 guns/1 missile at a time. Each Vympel tracker can engage a single target. Each Kinzhal tracker can guide 2 missiles at a single target. Target size limit: 0.02m².
Carrying capacity	9 defined aircraft parking spots. 8 defined helicopter parking spots. 3 nominal spawn points. 24 aircraft + 12 helicopter nominal capacity.
Notes
Acts as a warehouse to deliver stores to other units and to landed aircraft. Per the internal definitions, it cannot re-arm its own weapon stores once depleted. Is internally defined to allow attacks against targets up to 297nm / 550km away, presumably to allow for Granit targeting. The 2017 version requires the Supercarrier module to use, control, and/or add to missions. Listed in-game as project number 1143.5 (Kiev class) rather than 11435 (Kuznetsov-class).
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Project 11540 Yastreb / Neustrashimy-class Frigate

Hull 712 Neustrashimy

Mission Editor Unit	Function	Stores		Range / Symbol
FFG 11540 Neustrashimy	Guard Ships	2× 2×2000+64× 3M87 Kortik CIWS/Missile 4× 8× 3K95 Kinzhal 1× 175× 100mm 2× RBU-6000 ASM mortars		Detection: 0–14.6nm / 0–27km Detection alt.: 0–61,800ft / 0–18,800m Engagement: 0.5–14.6nm / 1–27km Engagement alt.: 32–75,400ft / 10–23,000m
Hit points	2,180	Max speed	16.5m/s (32kts, 59.2km/h)	Defensive arcs
Sensor limits	Surface radar: 360° horizontal × -3°–+10° vertical; 12s scan time. SS lock-on: 18.1m / 33.6km. Notch: <15m/s (29kts, 54km/h) vrad. AA radar: 360° horizontal × -15°–+60° vertical; 1s scan time. AA lock-on: 11.5nm / 21.3km. Notch: <10m/s (19kts, 36km/h) vrad. Each Kortik can engage a single target with 2 guns/1 missile at a time. Each Kinzhal tracker can guide 2 missiles at a single target. Target size limit: 0.02m².
Carrying capacity	1 defined helicopter parking spots. 1 helicopter nominal capacity.
Notes
Acts as a warehouse to deliver stores to other units and to landed aircraft. Per the internal definitions, it cannot re-arm its own weapon stores once depleted. While the Kortik guns are situated behind the bridge and should not be able to fire forward, they are able to fire straight ahead through the ship model without any ill effects.
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Type 052B Guangzhou-class / Luyang I-class Destroyer

Guangzhou (168) Type 052B Destroyer Multirole missile destroyer

Type 052C / Luyang II-class Destroyer

Changchun (150) Type 052C Destroyer Guided missile destroyer

Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class Frigate

Binzhou (515) Type 054A Frigate Multi-role frigate

Type 071 / Yuzhao-class Amphibious Transport Dock

Kunlun Shan (998) Type 071 Amphibious Transport Dock Amphibious transport dock

Systems

These stats apply to the baseline version of the respective systems. Occasionally, different platforms will overwrite some values, such as ammunition capacity and engagement limits, by their own specific on-board limitations.

3K95 Kinzhal / SA-N-9 Gauntlet

3K95 Kinzhal / SA-N-9 Gauntlet

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
Tor-M1 anti-air/anti-missile.	Semi-active radar	8× 9M331	Engagement: 0.8–6.5nm / 1.5–12km Altitude: 32.8–19,600ft / 10–6,000m Max speed: Mach: 3.0
Reload / rearm	0.1s to ready a new missile; 3s between launches; cannot be rearmed once depleted.
Acquisition time	6s
Acquisition limits	Target size limit: 0.02m².
Aiming limits	N/A. Uses vertical launch system.
Kill radius	7m
Available on
1144.2 Piotr Velikiy, 11435 Admiral Kuznetsov, 11540 Neustrashimy
Tactics
Navalised Tor-M1 / SA-15 system, also exported as “Klinok”. Similar tactics apply: fly above it and preferably use bombs against the carrying ship since the missile is very capable at intercepting incoming guided ordnance.

3M86 Kortik / CADS-N-1 Kashtan CIWS

3M86 Kortik / CADS-N-1 Kashtan / SA-N-11 “Grison”

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
2× GSh-6-30K CIWS	Radar	2× 2000× 30mm	Engagement: 0–1.9nm (11,400ft) / 0–3.5km Altitude: 0–8,200ft / 0–2,500m
Tunguska anti-air/anti-missile	SACLOS/Radar	8× 9M311	Engagement: 1.6–4.3nm / 3–8km Altitude: 47.6–11,400ft / 14.5–3,500m Max speed: Mach: 2.82
Reload / rearm	GSh-6-30K: RoF: 5500 rpm; cannot be rearmed once depleted. 9M311: 0.1s to ready a new missile; 1s between launches; 960s total rearm time.
Acquisition time	GSh-6-30K: 3s 9M311: 5s
Acquisition limits	Target size limit: 0.1m².
Aiming limits	Varies with mount.
Kill radius	7m
Available on
1144.2 Piotr Velikiy, 11435 Admiral Kuznetsov, 11540 Neustrashimy
Tactics
Essentially a navalised SA-19 Tunguska, except the autocannons have been replaced by two 30mm rotary cannons. Unlike the land-based Tunguska, this system will almost universally give launch warnings since it is part of the overall ship radar guidance system rather than being optically guided, so the only surprise is that ships love to fire them in clusters of roughly a fuckjillion at a time. Distance and altitude helps, and the two systems are not quite as adept at intercepting incoming missiles as the Kinzhal… but unfortunately, any ship that uses one also uses the other in some form, so that is not much of a limitation.

4K33 Osa-M / SA-N-4 “Gecko”

4K33 Osa-M / SA-N-4 “Gecko”

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
Osa-M anti-air	Semi-active radar	22× 9M311	Low alt. engagement: 0.8–4.5nm / 1.5–8.5km High alt. engagement: 0.8–5.6nm / 1.5–10.3km Altitude: 32.8–16,400ft / 10–5,000m Max speed: Mach: 2.1
Reload / rearm	3s to ready a new missile; 18s between launches; total ream time undefined.
Acquisition time	1s
Acquisition limits	No target size limit defined.
Aiming limits	360° horizontal × -0.5°–+89.9° vertical.
Kill radius	5m
Notes
Usually rail-mounted, either singularly or as a pair, each with its own ammunition storage. May have some nominal anti-missile capability depending on default values in either the sensors or the carrying platform, but the low range and speed will make any intercept unlikely to begin with.
Available on
1124.4 Grisha, 1135M Rezky, 1164 Moskva
Tactics
A naval version of the 9K33 Osa / SA-8 system, it is mosly found on older ships, either as a backup system to something more capable, or as a complement to a CIWS that is dedicated to anti-missile defence. Unlike most other systems, anti-ship missiles stand a chance of penetrating Osa coverage.

A-213-Vympel-A / AK-630 CIWS

A-213-Vympel-A / AK-630

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
2× GSh-6-30K CIWS	Radar	2× 2000× 30mm	Engagement: 0–1.9nm (11,400ft) / 0–3.5km Altitude: 0–8,200ft / 0–2,500m
Reload / rearm	GSh-6-30K: RoF: 5500 rpm; cannot be rearmed once depleted.
Acquisition time	GSh-6-30K: 3s
Acquisition limits	Target size limit: 0.1m².
Aiming limits	360° horizontal × -12°–+88° vertical.
Kill radius	N/A
Available on
1124.4 Grisha, 1164 Moskva, 1241.1MP Molniya, 11435 Admiral Kuznetsov
Tactics
The same rotary autocannon as in the later, more advanced, Kortik CIWS. The system consists of the autocannon, the swiveling turret, and a Vympel tracking radar.

S-300F Fort / SA-N-6 “Grumble”

S-300F Fort / SA-N-6 “Grumble”

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
Fort anti-air/anti-missile.	Semi-active radar	8× 5V55	Engagement: 2.7–64.8nm / 5–120km Low alt. flight range: 2.7–16.2nm / 5–30km High alt. flight range: 2.7–40.4nm / 5–75km Altitude: 82–98,400ft / 25–30,000m Max speed: Mach: 5.0
Reload / rearm	3s between launches; cannot be rearmed once depleted.
Acquisition time	10s
Acquisition limits	Target size limit: 0.049m².
Aiming limits	N/A. Uses vertical launch system.
Kill radius	20m
Notes
Has an engagement range that is longer than the actual flight range of the missile, which may cause some over-enthusiastic firing. Can have issues with engaging anti-ship and cruise missiles during their terminal phase due to the relatively high minimum altitude, but generally has enough range to engage such missiles before they descend.
Available on
1144.2 Piotr Velikiy, 1164 Moskva
Tactics
The naval version of the S-300 / SA-10, with all the threat level this implies. Its only real downside is that the way it is set up, the AI may be a bit early on the trigger, causing it to waste missiles (but most ships generally have quita a few to spare) and that it has a fairly high minimum altitude as far as shipborne systems are concerned. Then again, skimming along at less than 80ft / 25m for as long as is required to evade this system is quite a challenge, and you still generally have to face various back-up armaments and CIWS at the very end.

S-300FM Fort-M / SA-N-20 “Grumble”

S-300FM Fort-M / SA-N-20 “Grumble”

System / function	Guidance	Stores	Range
Fort-M anti-air/anti-missile.	Semi-active radar	5× 48N6E2	Low alt. engagement: 3.2–16.2nm / 6–30km High alt. engagement: 3.2–81nm / 6–150km Altitude: 32.8–98,400ft / 25–30,000m Max speed: Mach: 8.6
Reload / rearm	3s between launches; cannot be rearmed once depleted.
Acquisition time	10s
Acquisition limits	Target size limit: 0.049m².
Aiming limits	N/A. Uses vertical launch system.
Kill radius	25m
Available on
1144.2 Piotr Velikiy
Tactics
Not just the the regular S-300 / SA-10, but the upgraded SA-20 version with a much more capable missile. The methods available against the SA-N-6 are now right out: sea skimming has to be done below 32ft / 10m, and the missile range now matches the flight range, so there will be no wasted shots. Also, there will be multiple highly capable weapons in several more layers before you get anywhere close to the ship. Maybe just skip the whole airplane bit and get a submarine?