Soviet motor torpedo boats of World War II
Budzbon, Przemysław2025
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In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. The Soviet Navy's fast attack craft were inspired by the 1919 Kronstadt raid, conducted by British hydroplaning, torpedo-armed Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs). The first were to be CMB copies, but with Soviet shipbuilding incapable of the project, it was handed to the Aerodynamic Institute, headed by Tupolev. Written by a former Soviet naval architect, this book is the first in English to offer a history of these fascinating, dashing craft.
Main title:
Soviet motor torpedo boats of World War II / Przemysław Budzbon ; illustrated by Waldemar Góralski, Piotr Forkasiewicz.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2025.
Collation:
48 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781472866608 (pbk)
Dewey class:
623.8258
LC class:
V835.S65
Local class:
623.825
Language:
English
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BRN:
4188363