Italeri 5609 Biber Midget Submarine U-Boot Navy Military Series assembly kit 1/35 scale
“Biber” was the absolute most notorious “poket size” submarine implemented by the Kriegsmarine, German’s 3rd Reich marine through end of 2nd World War. The growth towards Biber is at reality rapidly. The style had been exclusively for sale in February 1944 and extremely first examples ended up being certainly set to ocean simply half annually afterwards. With just 9 meters size, it turned out in a position to a 240 kilometres range. Capable reach a merged maximum cost of 6,5 knots and 5,3 knots submerged. The Biber happens to be made out of two 530mm torpedoes mounted externally or with two mines. The group included only 1 person. The execution connected with Biber, within the Kriegsmarine strategy, happen effortless: offer a powerful defence regarding the cost coast as protection to a potential, furthermore probably, Allied intrusion. Anyhow, the Biber finished up being never ever an important threat the Allied. Both lot of idea's technical and design defects as well as the group trained, for war requires, fast and without necessary development. Nether the less, from 1944 till the final outcome associated with second World War, the Kriegsmarine took blood supply and discovered in procedure more then 300 Bibers.
