Luftwaffe radar aircraft over the Black Sea

[James A Pratt III]

did any of the Russian destroyers have radar?

[edwest2]

General information about Soviet naval radar.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRu...Radar_WWII.php

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hello James,

Originally Posted by James A Pratt III

did any of the Russian destroyers have radar?

The three ships lost on 6.Oct.43 didn't have radars. In the Black Sea Fleet, the first Redut-K ship radar was installed on the cruiser Molotov in 1940. It was a navalized version of a good Redut radar, and it also performed well. By June 1941, the Black Sea Fleet also had 4 ground-based radars - 2 Redut and 2 obsolete Reven. After the start of the war, air defense and then the air armies became the priority in equipping radars. The Navy also received ground-based radars for base defense. Only in the 1st half of 1944, 4 destroyers of the Black Sea Fleet received Lend-Lease radars.
By May 1945, the Black Sea Fleet had a lot of radars, but it did not play any role, because in the Black Sea the war actually ended in September 1944.

Best regards,
Andrey