EKRANOPLAN

>>32387202
Bump

>>32387202

I feel like it's a worthy idea in naval warfare, but I can't see it being that useful over land, unless it's a very flat open area, that is unless it's a class 3 ekranoplan which is able to fly above 150m. They could be used a very fast flying tanks maybe, but since we've never seen them sued in combat it's hard to say for sure how well they'd perform.

Postwar Soviets realized they would never be able to amass a landing force in the U.S. and it was more efficient to develop different ships for their maritime borders.

So they have a small baltic fleet, a small north atlantic submarine fleet, a small black sea fleet, and a small pacific fleet. Nothing was needed for the Aral sea since their plan was to drain it entirely, so that leaves the Caspian.

Again, none of their military is to provide overmatch, its to maintain a credible threat, and ability to apply pressure on foreign nations.

To that end, they developed a boat that can quickly send soldiers into Iran again, should the need arise.

Now I'm no expert, but I would say the use in these guys would probably be best in high speed transit. Need something heavy somewhere soon and don't want it seen? Ekranoplan.

>>32387441
>and don't want it seen?
Surface search radars are a thing, especially over water

>>32387339
>Nothing was needed for the Aral sea since their plan was to drain it entirely
I thought that was more of an accident than a plan

>>32387202
Neither, unless you live in the 1940's. Just cool dead technology.

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What I would give to buy this thing and live in it.

All things considered it seems pretty stupid and pointless.

>>32389543
one hell of a /k/aravan!

>>32387202
Too weather dependent

>>32391950
this. Shit would take a light breeze to knock out of the sky.