Artillery boat “Bucha” went on combat duty

The small armored artillery boat “Bucha” went on its first combat duty.

Currently, the small armored artillery boat “Bucha” is performing combat missions on the Dnipro. Vladyslav Tryguba was appointed as the captain of the boat. “Military” wrote about it.

Notice. Small armored artillery boat “Bucha” is a small armored artillery boat of project 58155. The vessel is the flagship of the Kyiv Division of the River Flotilla. The boat was built at the Kyiv shipyard “Kuznya na Rybalsky”. The speed of the ship is 25 knots, the sailing range is 900 miles, the autonomy of the ship reaches up to 5 days.

The boat is armed with two KAU-30M naval artillery installations. The installation includes a ZTM-1 30-millimeter cannon, a KBA-117 grenade launcher, a Barrier ATGM and a 7.62-millimeter machine gun.

Previously, USM wrote that on May 26, the boat was included in the Navy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.