page_title: Nanuchka-class corvette
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Nanuchka-class corvette / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Russian Nanuchka-III-class corvette Smerch following upgrades, with 4× quad 3M24 Uran (SS-N-25 'Switchblade') anti-ship cruise missile (AShM) launchers. This ship was photographed by a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force 2nd Air Group P-3C Orion aircraft while sailing westward towards the Sea of Japan, 250 km east-northeast of the Sōya Strait, about 1:00 pm on Monday, July 15, 2019. The photograph was published one day later, July 16 2019.
context_page_description: The Nanuchka class, Soviet designation Project 1234 Ovod, are series of corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1991.
context_section_description: These ships were designed around the P-120 Malakhit ("Siren") anti ship missile. Export versions used the P-15 Termit ("Styx") missile. In 2019 the missiles on Smerch were replaced with sixteen Uran/SS-N-25 'Switchblade'. Unlike smaller missile boats, both carry SA-N-4 ("Gecko") SAMs for self-defence. The original Nanuchka I carried a twin 57mm AK-257 main gun, replaced by a 76mm AK-176 in the Nanuchka III and an updated AK-176MA was added to Smerch during the refit. The Nanuchka III also has a rotary 30mm AK-630 point-defence gun to bolster its protection against missile attack. Currently Project 12341 ships are receiving BAGIRA Fire Control System turning them into multirole vessels.
caption: Nanuchka III class corvette Smerch after refit in 2019
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