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The name "Zubr" is Russian for the European bison. [5] This class of military hovercraft is, as of 2023 the world's largest hovercraft, [ 6 ] with a standard full load displacement of 555 tons. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] The hovercraft was designed to sealift amphibious assault units (such as marines and tanks ) from equipped/non-equipped vessels to non ...
The Kalmar class (Project 1206, NATO reporting name Lebed) are a class of medium-sized assault hovercraft designed for the Soviet Navy. The few remaining craft are operated by the Russian Navy . Designed by the design bureau wing of Almaz shipbuilding company early in the 1970s, production started in 1972 and continued until 1985 in plants at ...
The hovercraft is driven by two Mercedes automobile diesel engines of 420 hp; its passenger capacity is 48 pax. It can move as fast as 70 km/h, and on the flat ice – even 90 km/h. On the water surface Hivus outruns Raketa and Meteor fast speed hydrofoils. The hovercraft operated in Nizhniy Novgorod belong to Logoprom Company.
The Czilim class is the first new class of military hovercraft developed for the Russian military since the fall of the Soviet Union. It is based on an Almaz CMDB design and was ordered from Yaroslavl Shipyard in the late 1990s. It is roughly the same size as the British SR.N6 hovercraft.
The Tsaplya class is an improved and longer version of the Lebed class, intended to replace the Gus class in service, being carried by the Ivan Rogov-class landing ship.The Tsaplya class is equipped with a bow loading ramp, a gun being mounted to starboard of the ramp and the ship's bridge to port; it can carry a PT-76 amphibious tank.
Although they might look similar to traditional aircraft, ekranoplans like the Lun are not classified as aircraft, seaplanes, hovercraft, or hydrofoils. Rather, craft like the Lun -class ekranoplan are classified as maritime ships by the International Maritime Organization due to their use of the ground effect, in which the craft glides just ...
The Aist class (NATO-Code; Russian Project 12321 Dzheyran) was the first large assault hovercraft operated by the Soviet Navy. It was designed by the Almaz design bureau wing of the Almaz Shipbuilding Company in 1964–1965. Production of the craft lasted from 1970 until 1985 at Almaz's plant in Leningrad.
The Gus-class LCAC code Project 1205 Skat was a medium-sized assault hovercraft operated by the Soviet Navy from 1969 until the early 1990s. See also