The Soviet Naval Fleet

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A series of illustrations of Soviet era warships, most probably taken from a mid 1980s book ...

 

Kirov (Project 1144 Orlan)

 

 

Slava (Project 1164 Atlant)

 

 

Moskva (Project 1123 Kondor)

 

 

Kiev (Project 1143 Krechyet)

 

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Kresta (Project 1134 Berkut)

 

 

Kynda (Project 58)

 

 

Slava (Project 1164 Atlant)

 

 

Kirov (Project 1144 Orlan)

 

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Udaloy (Project 1155 Fregat)

 

 

Sovremennyy (Project 956 Sarych)

 

 

Krivak (Project 1135 Burevestnik)

 

[pmaidhof]

Wow, do we know the name of the book, author or publisher?

[CV32]

Wow, do we know the name of the book, author or publisher?

 

No, unfortunately I do not, but I have to say that some of it does look familiar. Maybe an enterprising sleuth can nail down the sources.

[broncepulido]

Wow, do we know the name of the book, author or publisher?

 

No, unfortunately I do not, but I have to say that some of it does look familiar. Maybe an enterprising sleuth can nail down the sources.

The colour images are of Modern Naval Combat, by David Miller and Chris Miller, Salamander Books 1986, with a lot of guesses and almost on the closing stages of the Cold War, but also one of the hard years (Soviet war in Afghanistan, Libyan strikes, Challenger disaster, launching of the Mir space station, Chernobyl ...) . For me is a seminal work . But I suppose the same illustrations can be in other later Salamander book.

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Naval-Combat-...r/dp/0517613506

[broncepulido]

About the Russian profiles I'm not sure, but because the drawing style two hints can be:

 

From the pages of some articles of Modelist Konstructor:

http://www.modelist-konstructor.ru/

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com...ist-Konstruktor

http://www.aviapress.com/viewproducer.htm?MKR

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/sou...Konstruktor.htm

 

From the pages of Morskaya Collechiy series of books, a spin-off of the best articles in Modelist-Konstructor:

http://modelist-konstruktor.ru/mr/0404

[Silent Hunter UK]

Great pictures! Thanks!

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The colour images are of Modern Naval Combat, by David Miller and Chris Miller, Salamander Books 1986

 

Yeah, these have 'Salamander' all over them. Thanks, Enrique.

[TonyE]

The colour images are of Modern Naval Combat, by David Miller and Chris Miller, Salamander Books 1986,

 

Right you are, I picked up a copy 3-4 years back and will surely wear the pages ragged! I really like the Naval Technology section from page 10 to 83 as it explains so many of the mechanisms of warfare at a very Harpoon level, not super deep but yet still more than the surface glance most books offer. Sonar is described very well including the various states and depths of 'layers' across different bodies of water.

 

I highly recommend a copy of the book to anyone who isn't super hard-core.

[JMS]

The colour images are of Modern Naval Combat, by David Miller and Chris Miller, Salamander Books 1986,

 

Right you are, I picked up a copy 3-4 years back and will surely wear the pages ragged! I really like the Naval Technology section from page 10 to 83 as it explains so many of the mechanisms of warfare at a very Harpoon level, not super deep but yet still more than the surface glance most books offer. Sonar is described very well including the various states and depths of 'layers' across different bodies of water.

 

I highly recommend a copy of the book to anyone who isn't super hard-core.

 

I bought them all in the early 90s and they still form part of my library rather than go into boxes, so good enough for me. There's also a volume on submarines.

[eclipse_trb]

Yep I actually bought my copy in the mid 90's while in europe. Loved the pictures.