![]() The G-5 was a single-step, hydroplaning design with a whaleback upper hull. The G-5 in initial tests in the Black Sea achieved a speed of 63.5 knots (73.1 mph), albeit unarmed. ![]() The G-5 carried two 21” torpedoes instead of one with 329 being built between 19. The Tupolev G-5 (ANT-5) class was an improved and enlarged version of the ANT-4. Fifty-nine were manufactured between 19, officially entering service on April 8, 1931. The GANT-3 led to a production version later in 1927 called the ANT-4. Utilizing two 600 hp aviation engines, the duraluminum speed boat achieved a maximum speed of 50 knots. Tupolev’s first twin engined motor boat was the GANT-3 Pervenets (first born) which was completed in March 1927. Others were transferred to North Korea after the war. Three were captured by the Finns during the ‘Winter War’, with two being used operationally against their former owners. Four were exported to the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War. Approximately 300 were built, of which 73 were lost during the war. The G-5 was a Soviet motor torpedo boat built before and during World War II.
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