The Soviet Zubr-class LCAC or air-cushioned landing craft is the world’s largest hovercraft ever produced.Displacing over 555 tons and measuring more than 57 meters, the Zubr or Pormornik is the ...

A new video shows Russia’s Zubr hovercraft disgorging marine troops on a beach. The Zubr-class is a leftover from the Cold War. The hovercraft, in service with three countries, are some of the only ...

That hovercraft caught invading a popular Russian beach last week wasn’t just any old air-cushioned aquatic landing platform, it’s the single biggest such vehicle in the entire Russian arsenal—or in ...

Well, there are watercraft, there are boats… and then there’s the aquatic behemoth known as the Zubr LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushioned) or more commonly known as hovercraft. Easily the world’s largest ...

July 6, 2010: Greece is retiring two of its four Zubr class hovercraft. These vessels entered service between 2001-5. One came from Ukraine and three from Russia. They are expensive to maintain, and ...

Whether it be the massive Typhoon Class ballistic submarines, or the menacing Kirov Class Battle Cruisers, the USSR of the 1980s tended to prefer their military hardware massive. When it comes to ...

June 14, 2011: Both Greece and China bought Zubr type hovercraft from Russia and Ukraine, and came to regret it. The bad news began last year when Greece decided to retire two of its four Zubr class ...

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Nothing says “relaxing day at the beach” like sand, surf, sunscreen, and the sudden arrival of the world’s largest militarized hovercraft, amirite? https://www ...