Kirov Class Cruiser
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Kirov Class Cruiser Summary
This is a 3D printed sculpt of the Kirov class cruiser by HBG.
The Kirov-class (Project 26) cruisers were a class of six cruisers built in the late 1930s for the Soviet Navy. These were the first large ships built by the Soviets from the keel up after the Russian Civil War, and they were derived from an Italian design. The Soviets had some difficulty in adapting the design with the foreign machinery purchased for the project that it delayed the start of construction. The turrets were very small to fit them into the hull space available and were so cramped they managed only two rounds per minute instead of six.
Two ships each were deployed in the Black and Baltic Seas during World War II, while the last pair was still under construction in the Russian Far East and saw no combat during the war. The first four ships bombarded Axis troops and facilities after the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 and sustained battle damage. All six ships survived the war and had secondary roles until being scrapped in the early 1960s & 70s.
Ships of Class:
- Kirov
- Voroshilov
- Maxim Gorky
- Molotov
- Kaganovich
- Kalinin
Insignia can be added to each deck decal to make it easier to identify ship nationality.
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