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Aviso 'Spike'
The production of a series of small armored river patrol boats began in 1903. The Russian defence department envisioned a floating defence on the river Amur. Ten Aviso river patrol boats were ordered, nine of which were transported
by rail to the river Amur. One was transported to the Baltic. The last of these boats were decommissioned in 1954. Displacement: 23.5 metric tons, dual engine output: 200 h.p., speed: 15 knots, armament: 1x 76mm gun and 2x machine gun.
Submarine hunter
The MO-4 submarine hunter was a class of small ships produced before and during World War II for the Soviet navy. Their primary function originally was anti-submarine warfare. During the war they carried out many additional roles
from supporting landing operations to escorting convoys. Over 350 ships were built. The resin model of this MO-4 patrol craft is a well detailed, high quality product. Its length is 20cm. The kit includes 5 crew figurines and a
wooden stand.
River armored boat BKA-1125
Prior to the beginning of the second world war, three projects were started to manufacture armored boats. The two-gun BK-1124, the one-gun 1125 and the S-40. By June 1941 some 85 boats had been built and 68 more were commissioned.
The boats were used on waterways in the immediate proximity of shores occupied by the enemy. The compact size of the boats made it possible to transport them on railway cars and moving them from one battlefield to another.
The additional installation of a 'Katiusha' rocket launcher on the boats increased the effectiveness of the boats considerably. The boats saw action on the Volga, the Azov, the Danube, the Dnepr, on the Black Sea and with the Baltic
Sea fleets. Because of their versatility and damage tolerance, combined with being armed with T-34 tank turrets, these armored boats were called 'river tanks'.
Soviet motor torpedo boat 'Komsomolets' WW-II
These ships were built from voluntary contributions to the war budget by the Russian people. These 7 men crew vessels had a duralumin hull with a length of 18.7m, a width of 3.4m, a top speed of 48 knots. They were armed with
two 7,62mm machine-gun mounts, a double heavy-caliber DTK machine gun mount and two 450mm torpedo tubes. The deck house was armored.
Submarine hunter OD-200
In first years of WW-II the wooden hull of the type D-3 torpedo motorboat was used to construct the small submarine hunter OD-200. In total 334 small submarine hunters such as MO-2, MO-4 and OD-200 were built. They were used to
carry landing parties, to carry out patrol duties, to escort maritime transports and submarines and to knock out enemy fire positions along the shore line. After WW-II a number of boats was transfered to the Belgium and Bulgarian
navies.
Soviet torpedo motorboat G-5 WW-II
The torpedo motorboat G-5, of which 200 were built, was widely used during WW-II.
100mm buoyant battery DB
The first floating batteries DB type were built in 1942 at the Volga military facilities. Two joined landing motor-boats supported the gun platform on which a 100mm naval gun turret was positioned. The platforms could be dismanteled
quickly to be transported on railway cars. In total 11 floating batteries were constructed.
Lewis Nixon's torpedo boat (Great War - WW-II)
In 1904 Czar Nicolas ordered 10 torpedo boats for the Russian navy to be built in Sevastopol by and under supervision of American shipbuilder Lewis Nixon. The vessels were equipped with high-power arms and with the best gasoline
engines of the time. The vessels featured a shallow draft. In three months 9 of torpedo boats have been supplied to in the taken apart kind where have been built. One vessel sailing under the US flag crossed the Atlantic safely.
The last surviving boat served beyond the year 1950 and was used as a transport vessel.
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