4 Main battle tanks The Polnocny (or Polnochny)-class ships are amphibious warfare vessels.

107 were built by 1986 (last 16 by Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej (Naval Shipyard) at Gdynia, Poland).

The Polnocny-C version can carry 12 BMP-2 armored personnel carriers, or 4 Main Battle Tanks, or 250 infantrymen with their weapons like 82 mm Mortars and ATGMs, or 250 tons of rations & stores.

Unlike their Western counterparts, these ships can provide substantial fire support for landed troops with their onboard multiple rocket launchers.

The Polnocny class comprises several sub-types that vary in size and capacity: Built in large quantities, the Polnocny-class ships were once the mainstay of the Soviet amphibious forces, and gave the Soviet naval infantry an effective force projection capability.