Here are the pictures, as well as a (Russian) video of World’s largest military hovercraft, called Zubr (bison). The Zubr air-cushion landing craft is intended to carry out over-the-beach landings of amphibious landing troops and combat vehicles, as well as provide fire support of their actions on shore.
The ship provides sea lift of materiel consisting of:
- 3 tanks of total mass up to 150 tons;
- or 10 armored vehicles of total mass up to 131 tons;
- or 8 armored personnel carriers of total mass up to 115 tons;
- or 8 amphibious tanks.
To accommodate troops, carried in vehicles there are 4 compartments with 140 seats.
As an option, the combat material compartment can be fitted with removable benches for additional accommodation of 360 troops (altogether 500 persons).
via almaz.spb.ru & hometown.aol.de
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