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24. Sa'ar 6-class corvette's are pretty small at 1,900 tons & 295ft

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:38 PM

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On the other hand pretty well armed for that size.

The Sa'ar 6 has a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. It is armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V,[12][13] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. It has hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.

Lack of a point defense CIWS might be a issue in a swarm attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27ar_6-class_corvette

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