The Kiev class, Soviet designation Project 1143 Krechyet (gyrfalcon), was the first class of fixed-wing aircraft carriers (heavy aircraft cruiser in Soviet classification) built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy.
The fourth ship, Baku (later renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov, Project 11434) was again modified. She had a new phased-array radar, a new fighter control system and more anti-ship missile launchers (twelve, to provide a larger salvo; but there were no reloads). She had Kinzhal vertically-launched point defence missiles in place of the earlier Osa, but she lacked the medium-range SAM of the earlier ships. The 76mm dual-purpose guns were replaced by 100mm weapons. The earlier RBU-6000 system was replaced by a pair of new RBU-12000 anti-torpedo systems. The forward gun sponson before the angled deck was eliminated, and the superstructure frame made 'more dignified'. In effect the fourth ship introduced the electronic suite later used in the full carrier Kuznetsov. The mass of new systems took quite some time to install, and the ship's construction was quite protracted.
The file contains all the sounds and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow provided the animation files and Ares de Borg did the sounds. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The fourth ship, Baku (later renamed Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Gorshkov, Project 11434) was again modified. She had a new phased-array radar, a new fighter control system and more anti-ship missile launchers (twelve, to provide a larger salvo; but there were no reloads). She had Kinzhal vertically-launched point defence missiles in place of the earlier Osa, but she lacked the medium-range SAM of the earlier ships. The 76mm dual-purpose guns were replaced by 100mm weapons. The earlier RBU-6000 system was replaced by a pair of new RBU-12000 anti-torpedo systems. The forward gun sponson before the angled deck was eliminated, and the superstructure frame made 'more dignified'. In effect the fourth ship introduced the electronic suite later used in the full carrier Kuznetsov. The mass of new systems took quite some time to install, and the ship's construction was quite protracted.
The file contains all the sounds and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow provided the animation files and Ares de Borg did the sounds. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
