Italeri item 5609 - Biber Midget Submarine U-Boot - 1/35 scale Navy Military Series assembly kit
“Biber” was probably the most notorious “poket size” submarine implemented by the Kriegsmarine, German’s 3rd Reich marine through end of 2nd World War. The development towards Biber was at reality very quickly. The style were simply for sale in February 1944 and very very first examples was indeed set to ocean just half annually later on. With just 9 meters size, it turned out in a position to a 240 kilometres range. Capable reach a merged maximum price of 6,5 knots and 5,3 knots submerged. The Biber happens to be created using two 530mm torpedoes mounted externally or with two mines. The group included only 1 person. The implementation associated with Biber, in the Kriegsmarine strategy, have been effortless: offer a powerful defence concerning the expense shore as protection to a potential, furthermore probably, Allied intrusion. Anyhow, the Biber finished up being never ever an important threat the Allied. Both great deal of idea's technical and design defects plus the group trained, for war needs, fast and without necessary development. Nether the less, from 1944 till the conclusion associated with 2nd World War, the Kriegsmarine took blood supply and found in procedure more then 300 Bibers.
