Toivo Kaario and Hovercraft – an Interesting Experiment
An Interesting Experiment -Toivo Kaario and Hovercraft in Finland
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Photo, Left: P-9 during initial trials in Spring 1939- the Red Star and ”CCCP” were painted on the sides to confuse any Observers, as it was known that the USSR was conducting trials on a similar type of craft designed by a Soviet engineer, Vladimir Levkov. It was hoped that any sightings of the Finnish craft would be confused with the Soviet Navy craft that had been observed carrying out trials.
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From the link above VIDEO:
Merivoimat military hovercraft High Speed Torpedo Boat P 10 Trials 1939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCR01i_IlQ&t=55s
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LEVKOV’S HOVERCRAFT
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/30/levkovs-hovercraft/
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The first ever air-cushion vehicle L-1 before trials, the Pleshcheyevo Lake, Russia, October 1935.
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Apparently still much confusion about which craft were Russians and which were actually Finnish.
The Hovertank however is all Russian.
Russia's WWII Hover Tank
https://www.guns.com/news/2012/05/05/russia-soviet-secret-hover-tank-vladimir-levkov
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