They were improved from existing 1930s designs and found it seems the perfect formula, reflected in their weight in the war and extensive production: With more than 700 completed for over 1100 laid down, they are still today the largest submarine production type in history. While they did have their faults, German U-Boats and the Type-VII in particular didn’t have near the amount of problems displayed by tanks such as the “big cats”, some guns such as the G-41 and G-43, and planes such as the ME-163. Thanks to Miin Herng Tsueng for the review sample.WW2 U-Boats: Seeteufel (1944) | Type Ia U-Boats (1936) | Type II U-Boats (1935) | Type IX U-Boats (1936) | Type VII U-Boats (1933) | Type XB U-Boats (1941) | Type XIV U-Boats (1941) | Type XVIII U-Boats (1944) | Type XXI U-Boats (1944) | Type XXIII U-Boats (1944) | German mini-subs and human torpedoesĪ Massive Improvement of U-Boat designs: If German tanks, aircraft and small arms from the German manufacturing complex had won a considerable and fearsome reputation in WW2, German submarines truly reached the world stage as the epitome of the genre, with just the perfect balance of engineering, simplicity, and ease of manufacture. Overall this is again a neat little model and one that will help anyone wishing to model his own “wolfpack” or “Enemy Below” diorama with the Buckley class DE ramming the sub.Ĭ 6 Type VII C upper hull, details, conning towers AA fit on this kit is one 8.8 cm deck gun and two 2 cm guns on the conning tower. The etched brass provides many of the details seen on the VII C type and in this case includes radio antenna cables, handrails on the conning tower, and sinking pennants. This kit offers finishing options for either U-96 with the happy swordfish insignia in grey (I have only seen it in red, but that may be due to the artwork and not accuracy – U-boot markings are not my forte), U-201 and U-558. Four torpedoes are provided for diorama fans wanting port details to go with the model. All parts appear to be nearly scale, which causes a normal problem with AFV Club kits of very fragile and tiny parts requiring extreme care in handling them. The model provides a wealth of tiny details in the form of most of the braces, brackets and guards found on the original and even provides for rotation of the deck gun on the finished model. The molded detail on this submarine is amazing – it shares the B sprue with the VII B kit – and it offers the ability to open up the completed hull and view the pressure hull and conning tower protrusion once finished.īut this kit only comes with one conning tower and no optional “Wintergarten” fits for the antiaircraft suite. Like the B this kit is tiny at less than 19 centimeters long when complete. The most common of all of the U-boots built during WWII, this kit has some small differences from the B and twice the etched brass (from 7 to 15 parts). Trumpeter's 1/1/44 scale Type XXIII U-Boat is available online from įollowing on the heels of their very nice Typ VII B U-boot, AFV Club has now joined it with an equally nice Typ VII C. Ideal for any 1/350 modeler who wants either a sub or a “victim/victor” in a diorama 73503 German U-Boat Type VII Cħ8 parts (63 in olive drab, 15 etched brass)Ĭhoice of waterline or full hull model very petite details optional “lift-off” feature for pressure hull
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