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Riverboat with an attitude?

Just a guess based on the shallow draft.

www.portierramaryaire.com • Ver Tema - Armada de la República de Colombia (ARC)




Maybe not a riverboat.


EDIT..........Translation of text:

No Defense Magazine this month echoes a story about the interest aroused in the U.S. Support Ships River Patrol V-VI (or nurses who call him there) Armoured 275 tons displacement, to this effect a delegation visited the U.S. Navy shipyard Cotecmar (Science and Technology Corporation for the Development of Shipping Industry, Maritime and River of Colombia) in Cartagena de Indias.
It seems to be a concept they like for Iraq (imagine that rather than use them to equip the reborn Iraqi Navy.)
Not bad, but they lack some punch, the towers house robot double of 12.7 mm MG (2x2 or 2x3 depending on model) a 40 mm grenade launcher on the bridge and two 7.62 mm on each side .. ... everything would get it and put a gun in 25 or 30 mm fore and aft.

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The picture is of the Vessel NODRIZA, which was built by Cotecmar shipyard for the Colombian Navy.
They have two shipyards and a Technical services unit located in Cartagena, Colombia, 180 miles from Panama Canal.
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Owner: Colombian Navy, Colombia
Designer: Cotecmar R & D Engineers, Colombia
Shipyard: Cotecmar Shipyard Cartagena, Colombia
Commissioned: March 2009
Power: 2 x MTU 6062 HK2 (290 kW resp. 389 hp / 1660 r.p.m. each)
Main propulsion: 2 x SCHOTTEL Pump-Jet type SPJ 82 RD
Reduction gear: Twin Disk MG 5114 SC
Steering: SCHOTTEL Steering System type SST 602
Speed: 9 knots
Special features: Helicopter Deck for Bell 412
Classification: without
Operation area: Colombia

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