{
  "id": "vydra",
  "name": "Vydra Class (Project 106 Class)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "RUS",
  "category": "Landing craft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1967,
  "operators": [
    "BGR",
    "EGY",
    "GEO",
    "RUS"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 4,
  "summary": "Vydra Class (Project 106 Class) Russian Landing Craft is a class of landing craft of Soviet origin. The NATO reporting name is Vydra.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 12,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 54.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 7.7,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "2.3 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (standard)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "308 tons",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 550,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "2 x Type 3D12",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "600 total bhp",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 2593,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "1,400 nm at 10 kts (loaded)"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 10.5,
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Navigation Radars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "2 x Don Navigation Radars",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Water Washdown System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Gun Weapon Systems",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Most Vydra were unarmed. Some were fitted with two 23mm ZSU-23-2 at the front of the superstructure. During the 1973 Yom Kippur war many Egyptian Vydra were fitted with two twin 37mm M1939 anti-aircraft guns.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Russia Vessels",
      "text": "Russia built about 50 x Vydra-Class (Project 106 Class) Landing Craft.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Bulgaria Vessels",
      "text": "Bulgaria built 13 x Vydra-Class (Project 106 Class) Landing Craft.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Georgia Vessels",
      "text": "Georgia bult 2 x Vydra-Class (Project 106 Class) Landing Craft.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Egypt Vessels",
      "text": "Egypt built 9 x Vydra-Class (Project 106 Class) Landing Craft.",
      "src": [
        "weg-vydra"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/vydra.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-vydra": {
      "title": "Vydra Class (Project 106 Class) Russian Landing Craft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Vydra_Class_Project_106_Class_Russian_Landing_Craft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}