Russian Speed-boats

UpdatedApril 18, 2005
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I'm not going to start any fleet pages, but I'll mark some interesting moments of fleet usage for supporting of land troops.

One of the most interesting operation where speed-boats (or in Russian: "poluglisser") were used

Target setting Target setting [1]
Speed-boat of the Dniepr Flotilla on Oder river Speed-boat of the Dniepr Flotilla on Oder river [1]
Speed-boats of the Dniepr Flotilla coming out for combat mission Speed-boats of the Dniepr Flotilla coming out for combat mission [1]
Landing party. Spree river, Berlin, 1945. Landing party. Spree river, Berlin, 1945. [1]
Dniepr Flotilla's sailors on Spree river. Dniepr Flotilla's sailors on Spree river. [1]
Soviet speed-boat PG-117, 1942

Soviet speed-boat PG-117, 1942 [2]

PG-117 was based on NKL-27 pleasure boat

blueprints Blueprints [3]
Blueprints Blueprints [3]
Blueprints Blueprints [3]


Literature
  1. V. D. Dotsenko, "Flot, Vojna, Pobeda", St. Petersburg, "Sudostroyeniye", 1995
  2. http://www.warships.ru
  3. "Modelist-Konstruktor",7/1988,(cited from http://mkmagazin.almanacwhf.ru)

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