The ''Project 58150 Gyurza'' class is a series of small armored gunboats built for the Uzbek Frontier Service. The whole class is produced by the

Kuznya na Rybalskomu Kuznia na Rybalskomu ( uk, "Кузня на Рибальському") is a ship building and arms industry, armament company in Kyiv, Ukraine. Situated on the Dnieper River and presently concentrating on river ships, the company is also able to ...

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). The class is named after the

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, , in Ukrainian. The original and modernized classes are developed by the

State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center ( uk, Державне підприємство «Дослідно-проектний центр кораблебудування» (ДП «ДПЦК»)) is a design bureau specializing in shipbuilding ...

(

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). There were only two ships of Project 58150 Gyurza in 2004 for the

Uzbek Border Guard The Frontier Service, officially called the Committee for State Border Protection of the National Security Service ( uz, Milliy xavfsizlik xizmatining Davlat chegaralarini qo'riqlash qo'mitasi) and commonly referred to as the National Border Guard, ...

and were financed by the

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. The modernized Project 58155 Gyurza-M for the

Ukrainian Navy The Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Arme ...

started to be built at the Leninska Kuznya in October 2012. Originally it was planned to build nine such vessels by 2017. In December 2013 the

Ministry of Defense {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

withdrew its contract. In summer of 2014 construction of Gyurza-M was revived and the first two vessels were expected to be completed in fall of 2015.At the capital city factory in shocking pace are being built armored boats for the Odessa river division of Ukrainian Navy
Dumskaya. 3 February 2015 In December 2016 the first two Gyurza-M officially joined the Ukrainian Navy.

UNIAN The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...

(8 January 2017) The new military contract is for 20 vessels that should be completed by 2020.

Operators

* : Uzbek Frontier Service (

Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan The Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Қуролли Кучлари), is the name of the unified armed forces of Uzbekistan, consisting of the Ground Force and the Air and Air Defence ...

) ** 2 river gunboats (Dzhaikhun and Saikhun) commissioned in 2005 and stationed in

Termez Termez ( uz, Termiz/Термиз; fa, ترمذ ''Termez, Tirmiz''; ar, ترمذ ''Tirmidh''; russian: Термез; Ancient Greek: ''Tàrmita'', ''Thàrmis'', ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is ...

patrolling

Amu Darya The Amu Darya, tk, Amyderýa/ uz, Amudaryo// tg, Амударё, Amudaryo ps, , tr, Ceyhun / Amu Derya grc, Ὦξος, Ôxos (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin language, Latin name or Greek ) is a major rive ...

on the border with

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

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Small Armored Boat “Gurza-M”
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Gyurza
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{{Ukrainian ships Ships built at Kuznya na Rybalskomu Patrol vessels of the Ukrainian Navy Military of Uzbekistan

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