Admiral Kuznetsov, the Russian Navy s first full fledged operational aircraft carrier, entered service in late 1990. The carrier features a ski jump flight deck and unusually heavy armament for a carrier, including vertical launch systems for anti ship missiles, a total of 24 eight cell vertical launch systems for short range surface to air missiles on both port and starboard of the forward and aft flight decks, eight close in weapon systems, six 30 mm Gatling guns, and two ten tube anti submarine rocket and depth charge launchers.
- Scale: 1/700 plastic model kit - Model type: selectable waterline or full hull - Included aircraft: - Su-33 x 4 - Su-33UB x 4 - Su-25 x 6 - MiG-29 x 6 - Yak-141 x 6 - Ka-27 x 2 - Ka-29 x 2 - Ka-31 x 2 - Kit contains one ship - Overall length: 435 mm - Joint development with Trumpeter
Product Specifications - Series: Skywave - Country: Russia / Soviet Union - Product code: M51 - JAN code: 4986470023366
Admiral Kuznetsov - Russian Navy first full fledged aircraft carrier, commissioned late 1990
Key features - Ski jump flight deck for fixed wing aircraft takeoff - Vertical launch systems for anti ship missiles - Total of 24 8 cell VLS for short range surface to air missiles on both port and starboard of the forward and aft flight decks - Eight close in weapon systems and six 30 mm Gatling guns - Two 10 tube anti submarine rocket depth charge launchers - Unusually heavy armament for an aircraft carrier, making it a distinctive and historically significant vessel
Ideal for naval model collectors and military history enthusiasts.