Jurmo class landing craft
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Jurmo |
| Preceded by: | Uisko class landing craft |
| Succeeded by: | none |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | landing craft, personnel |
| Displacement: | 11 tons |
| Length: | 14.3 m |
| Beam: | 3.7 m |
| Draught: | less than 1 m |
| Propulsion: | Two Diesel 331 kW combined with waterjets |
| Speed: | 37 knots 30 knots (full load) |
| Armament: | 1× 12.7 mm NSV machine gun or 1× 40 mm grenade machine gun or 1× 120 mm NEMO mortar |
| Armour: | Kevlar lining |
The Jurmo class landing craft is a type of vessel in use by the Finnish Navy. The original designation of the craft is Marine Alutech Watercat M12.
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[edit] History
The Jurmo was the result of modernization in the Finnish Navy in the late 90's. It was designed to replace the existing Uisko class landing craft. Its main purpose is landing and transportation operations for the Finnish Coastal Jaegers in all weather conditions. It has excellent maneuverability and can come to a full stop in only one ship length from top speed. Low draft makes it ideal for amphibious assault even in shallow waters.
The Jurmo can transport 3 tons of cargo or 22 men.
The Jurmo is currently being evaluated by the German and Greek navies, and a number of vessels will also be delivered to the Malaysian Navy.[1]
[edit] Operators
Finland- Finnish Navy: U601-U636
Malaysia
[edit] Related development
[edit] External links
- Finnish Defence Forces Website of The Finnish Defence Forces
- Marine Alutech Website of Marine Alutech
