Editing Tarantul-class corvette (section)

==Development==

In the late 1970s, the Soviets realised the need for a larger, more seaworthy craft with better gun armament and higher positioned air search [[radar]]s. In the Tarantul class, both the single {{cvt|76|mm}} main gun and the two {{cvt|30|mm}} [[Gatling gun|Gatling]]-type guns are used for air defence, together with a comprehensive electronic warfare suite. The boats are built by the Petrovsky yard ([[St. Petersburg]]), Rybinsk and Ulis yard ([[Vladivostok]]). A version of these ships for coastal [[anti-submarine warfare]] and patrol was developed as the {{sclass2|Pauk|corvette|1}} or Project 1241.2. The [[Indian Navy]] paid approximately $30 million each to license-produce Tarantul-I in the early 1990s. With over 30 sales on the export market the Tarantul has been a relative success for the Russian shipbuilding industry.