Soviet Navy G-5 Class Motor Torpedo Boat  1/35

The G-5 is a term for a type of Soviet torpedo boat from the interwar period and World War II. The first boats of this type entered service in 1933. A single cutter of this type was 19.1 m long and 3.3 m wide. Propulsion was provided by two internal combustion engines with a total range of 2,312 km/h, which allowed for a fantastic speed of approximately 50-52 knots! The armament on board consisted of two single 533 mm torpedo tubes, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and up to four naval mines.

The G-5 torpedo cutter was developed by aerospace designer Andrei Tupolev. For this reason, these cutters were characterized by highly streamlined hulls, the use of powerful aircraft engines, and the extensive use of duralumin. To shorten research and development time, the general assumptions were based on the solutions used in the Sz-4 cutters. Ultimately, the G-5 cutters had an impressive top speed and were considered the fastest of their class in the world. They also proved useful during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the Russo-German War (1941-1945). In total, more than 200 cutters of this type were built in various versions.