Kagero Publishing The Russian Guided Missile Cruiser Varyag - Kagero Top Drawings No. 81 via Casemate UK

[Julien]

The Russian Guided Missile Cruiser Varyag

 Kagero Top Drawings No. 81 via Casemate UK

ISBN : 9788366148505

 

 

The Russian Guided Missile Cruiser Varyag was the third ship built in the Slava Class of guided missile cruisers for the then Soviet Navy. These are 186m long, with a beam of 20.8m and a draft of 8.4m. Overall displacement is 11490 tons with a top speed of 32 knots. She was launched in 1983 and commissioned in 1989.  The vessel is heavily armed with 16 SS-N-12 Sandbox supersonic cruise missiles and one forward turret with a pair of 130mm guns. An impressive defensive suite comprises of 8x8 SA-6 Grumble, 2 x 20 SA-4 Geko, and 6 30mm Close in Weapons systems. Défense for submarines is provided by 2 Smerch 2 mortars and 10 533mm torpedo tubes,  Usually 1 Ka25 or Ka27 helicopter is carried. She is the shape of a classic cold War Russian Naval vessel with the missile tubes arranged along the side of the vessel. 

 

 

This is the latest book from Kagero in their Top Drawing series, and like the previous books it has a brief history and the ships specifications at the beginning. The rest of the 20 pages are filled with beautifully drawn diagrams of almost every piece of equipment on the ship. Unusually for this series there aren’t any drawings of the hull, the largest section being covered is the superstructure. The main reson for the book are the the two double sided A2 foldout sheets, the first of which has a three view line drawing of the complete ship in 2018 on one side, the other side containing similar views, but in full colour. The second sheet also contains side profiles of the vessel as she was in 1997. The other side line drawings of the hull and view listing all the major equipment. 

 

 

Conclusion

This is another good book in the series. The pullout sheets are also wonderful to see.  This is certainly a very useful book for all modellers. Recommended. 

 

 

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[Basosz]

Damn.... these were some slow ships  (I assume a typo)

[Julien]

13 minutes ago, Basosz said:

Damn.... these were some slow ships  (I assume a typo)

It was all those missiles which slowed it down!