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DP-65 10 barreled anti-saboteur automatic grenade launcher system
DP-64 2 barreled anti-saboteur grenade launcher system
A variety of module containers including weapon modules containing 324 mm Paket-NK torpedoes,[2]3M24, Kalibr-NK cruise missiles and 9M331M surface-to-air missiles
The ship was the third notable Russian ship sunk by Ukrainian forces in 2024, after the Ivanovets on 1 February and Tsezar Kunikov on 14 February.
Operational history
Sergy Kotov in 2022
Sergei Kotov began sea trials in Novorossiysk from 29 October 2021 in the Black Sea. The ship was to be handed over to the Russian Navy at the end of 2021, however was handed over to the Russian Navy only on 16 May 2022, and commissioning on 30 July 2022, and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy.
The first identified maritime drone attack on Sergey Kotov occurred on 1 August 2023, was reported as unsuccessful by the Russian Defense Ministry, by three naval drones on the Black Sea Fleet patrol vessels Sergei Kotov and Vasily Bykov.
