10 × main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 × BTR APC and 340 troops or 3 × main battle tanks, 3 × 2S9 Nona-S SPG, 5 × MT-LB APC, 4 trucks and 313 troops or 500 tons of cargo
Complement
98
Armament
2 × AK-725 twin 57 mm (2.2 in) DP guns
4 × 8 Strela 2 SAM launchers
2 × 22 A-215 Grad-M rocket launchers
Service record
Part of:
Black Sea Fleet
197th Landing Ship Brigade[2]
Tsezar Kunikov (BDK-64) (Russian: «Цезарь Куников» (БДК-64); NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I-class), sometimes anglicised as Caesar Kunikov, is a Project 775, large landing ship of the Russian Navy. The ship was built in Poland, launched in 1986 and named after Soviet Naval Infantry officer Tsezar Kunikov. As part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, it took part in the KFOR mission, the Russo-Georgian War, the Syrian Civil War, and the Russo-Ukrainian War.
On 14 February 2024, the Ukrainian military announced its forces had hit the ship with several unmanned surface vehicles (USV) while it was off Crimea, which they say caused it to sink.[3] The sinking of the ship has been confirmed by Russian sources.[3]
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