Riverine Monitors
This popped up in one of my facebook feeds today:
"In the Soviet Union (mid-1960s) the demand for development of artillery river monitors was triggered by two factors – the existing WWII age vessels of Projects 1124 and 1125 became obsolete and rapidly deteriorating relationship with China that required increased protection of the border. All the developed vessels were targeted for the Amur River Flotilla.
Project 1248 Moskit (NATO – Vosh class), was a Command and Control coast guard patrol ship armed with one T-55 turret, 11 vessels were commissioned in 1979-84."
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