Easy Model Platinum Collection 37325
Typhoon-class Submarine Display Model
Russian Navy,

1:700 Scale		Length		Width
Typhoon-class Submarine		9.75"		1.25"

The Project 941 or Akula ("Shark") class submarine (NATO reporting name: Typhoon) is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a submerged displacement of 48,000 tonnes, the Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built, large enough to accommodate decent living facilities for the crew when submerged for months on end. The source of the NATO reporting name remains unclear, although it is often claimed to be related to the use of the word "typhoon" by Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine, as a reaction to the US Navy Ohio-class submarines. The Russian Navy canceled its Typhoon modernization program in March 2012, stating that modernizing one Typhoon would be as expensive as building two new Borei-class submarines. With the announcement that Russia has eliminated the last SS-N-20 Sturgeon SLBMs in September 2012, the remaining Typhoons have reached the end of service.

Typhoon-class Submarine

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Easy Model Platinum Collection

The Easy Model "Platinum Collection" range presents highy-affordable, ready-made plastic models of naval vessels.

Easy Model warship models feature

• Molded plastic construction.
• Realistic panel lines, propellers, antennas and surface details.
• Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
• Presentation display stand.