GREEK TRIERA PLASTIC MODEL KIT 1/72 ZVEZDA

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Triera is the main type of a battle ship of the Mediterranean period of the Greek-Persian wars (V-IV centuries BC). The main weapon of the triera was a copper bind ram, the extension of the keel beam. The speed of the ship on oars was up to 18 km/h. The triera had a big square sail and a small sail on the inclined mast in the bow part. The masts were removable. In the course of a battle the triera accelerated and thus could break oars of an enemy ship stopping it. Than it used its ram. The crew