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voor de liefhebbers van midget submarines & modelbouw ;)

Minisubs Hecht, Molch, Seehund, Biber
GPM series
4 pdf's
model cards

print, cut, glue

The Hecht (German: "Pike"), also known as Type XXVIIA, was a two-man all-electric German midget submarine created during World War II.

The Molch (German language: "newt" or "salamander") was an unsuccessful, one-man series of German midget submarines created during World War II. Built in 1944, it was the first mini-submarine of the Kriegsmarine, but was not successful in combat operations and suffered heavy losses.

The Seehund (German: "seal"), also known as Type XXVII, was a successful series of German midget submarines created during World War II. Designed in 1944, and operated by two man crews, the submarines were used by the Kriegsmarine during the closing months of the war, sinking 9 merchant vessels and damaging an additional 3, with 35 losses mostly attributed to bad weather.

The Biber (German for "beaver") was a German midget submarine of the Second World War. Armed with two externally mounted 21-inch (53 cm) torpedoes or mines they were the smallest submarine in the Kriegsmarine. Her hasty development in spring 1944 (incorporating developments from a captured Welman submarine) to attack coastal shipping and help meet the threat of an Allied invasion of Europe and the resulting basic technical flaws combined with the inadequate training of her crews, meant she never posed a real threat to either of these, despite 324 being delivered. One of the class's few successes was against the Alan A. Dale.

A number have survived in museums including one example that has been restored to operational condition.

Thanks to Steel Shark :)