The Russians have been building the Mongoose since 2000. The boat is up to 20 m long and up to 5 meters wide. Maximum speed – up to 50 knots.
The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrey Yusov said that the Russian speedboat of the project 12150 mongoose, destroyed by Ukrainian forces in Uzkaya Bay on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea, this is a relatively new development of the enemy, used by special services and border guards. He said this on the telethon.
“We have the pleasure and the opportunity to confirm not only the defeat, but also, in fact, the destruction of the speed boat of the series. Mongoose 12150. This is a relatively new development of the conquerors; And now it’s minus one,” he noted.
According to Yusov, the boat was destroyed along with the ammunition and weapons on board.
He also said that the invaders were “burying” their large ships, and their activity was quite limited. The enemy is developing the construction of maritime infrastructure, especially in Novorossiysk.
“But they cannot go out completely, so they are forced to give activity to such high-speed boats, Magura and the special unit of GUR Group 13 are successfully chasing them The cost is more than 120 million rubles, depending on equipment and modifications.
As the Main Intelligence Directorate noted, the Russians do Mongooses from the year 2000. The boat is up to 20 m long and up to 5 meters wide. The maximum speed is up to 50 knots. Modified versions of high-speed boats are equipped with remote-controlled combat modules with the main standard weapon – a 14.5 mm machine gun mount. Ride too Mongoose The Russians have two AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers, one DP-64 hand-held anti-sabotage grenade launcher and two MANPADS Needle or Willow. Estimated value of the destroyed Mongoose is about $3 million.
We remind you that on the night of May 6, in temporarily occupied Crimea, a Magura V5 naval drone was hit by a Russian speedboat.
Source: korrespondent
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