The Project 941 Akula (Shark) class of the Russian Navy, better known in the west as the Typhoon class are the largest submarines ever built.

They displace more than 40,000 tons submerged and carry 20 × RSM-52 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles.

They were designed to lurk under the polar ice cap, using their great bulk to surface through the polar ice cap to launch their missiles against western targets.

Six were built, with only one, Dmitriy Donskoy still in service, the others having been decomissioned and with plans afoot to scrap them ...

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Task Force 72

2 days ago

Frigate Friday: HMAS Macquarie (K532/F532) was a River-class frigate constructed during World War II which served in the Royal Australian Navy, from 1945 to 1954.

She had a relatively short life, as did many war-built vessels, commissioned into the RAN on 7 December 1945 she was too late for WW2 and saw peacetime service only, missing the Korean War before being decomissioned in 1954, made obsolete by the rapid advance of technology. ...

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Task Force 72

3 days ago

Models in other scales. Task Force 72 members like models in all scales, particularly running models, and this 1:100 scale ARTR (Almost Ready To Run) model of a Russian Zubr amphibious assault hovercraft is certainly eye-catching.

At 555 tonns, the real thing is one of the world's largest hovercraft and can carry three main battle tanks (up to 150 tonnes), or ten armoured vehicles with 140 troops.

This model comes with everything needed bar batteries, the owner needs to furnish AA batteries for the handset and a 3000~3300mAH 2S Lipo battery for the model. ...

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Task Force 72

6 days ago

Models in Task Force 72 come in all shapes and sizes, the one thing they all have in common is that they are all built to the same scale, 1:72, or 1 inch on the model equals 6 feet (72 inches) on the real thing.

That means that some models are quite large (Yamato) and some are quite small, such as this Soviet Osa class missile boat.

That said, built properly, they can handle rough weather just fine, and replicate the real things high speed. ...

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Task Force 72

1 week ago

The start of a busy weekend at the Our Town Hobby Show in Newcastle. Great crowd this morning. Plenty to see. Open until 5pm today. 9 until 4 tomorrow ...

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