![]() Join 259 other subscribers Follow wargamesgazette on WordPress. There will be a Typ IX Boat too in the future! I will build the tower version as on the Revell model but there will be other types of conning tower later ,too. ![]() Next step is to do the upper deck and the conning tower. You can see clearly how much longer and wider the model is in comparison. Here alongside the waterline 1/350 model by Revell. I enlarged the size with a photocopier to 1/300 and started cutting and gluing strengthen it at the same time to make casting resin copies possible.Īnd the sides. So I started building one from a 1/400 paper model. So there are quite a lot of U Boat models in 1/350 ,like the one below made by Revell, but they are not waterline and basically to small for my taste. They can be incorporated or combined with Cruel Seas. I use rules proposed by David Manley in his rules for coastal warfare ( Action Stations). Their main distinguishing characteristic was the aft torpedo tube on the upper deck. And Yes you are right but the “Boot” is so iconic for WWII naval warfare that i had to do one. The first medium size U-boats of the German Navy were the Type VII U-boats (displacement 500 tons) of U-Flotilla 'Saltzwedel' (1936). Why, do you probably think, a submarine for Cruel Seas? the rules don’t include real submarine warfare as written. 1x 88mm naval gun with 220 rounds and various anti aircraft guns ( depending on conning tower typ). Many of these boats were fitted with snorkels in 19.Īrmament was 5x Torpedo tubes ( 4 to the front 1 facing aft), They carried 14 torpedoes. Type VIIC differed from the VIIB only in the addition of an active sonar and a few minor mechanical improvements, making it 2 feet longer and 8 tons heavier. The VIIC came into service near the beginning of the war and was still the most numerous type in service when Allied anti-submarine efforts finally defeated the U-boat campaign in late 19. The Type VIIC was an effective fighting machine and was seen almost everywhere U-boats operated, although its range of only 8,500 nautical miles was not as great as that of the larger Type IX (11,000 nautical miles), severely limiting the time it could spend in the far reaches of the western and southern Atlantic without refueling from a tender or U-boat tanker. ![]() See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below.The Type VIIC was the workhorse of the German U-boat force, with 568 commissioned from 1940 to 1945. Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-576 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss. U-576 has accordingly been added to our U-boats discovered since their loss page. The wrecks are less than 250 yards apart. NOAA has reported that U-576 (Heinicke) has been discovered together with her last victim, the motor merchant Bluefields. Many reference sources claim Unicoi rammed U-576, but this can not be confirmed from original reports. Webb) of VS-9 based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, part of the Carrier Air Group 9 and on temporary inshore patrol duty with Eastern Sea Frontier. Muhle) and four depth charges from two OS2U Kingfisher aircraft (pilots Ens. Type VIIC/42 - U-boat Types - German U-boats of WWII - Kriegsmarine - U-boat Types None Built The VIIC/42 was designed 1942-1943 and was intended to replace the then retreating VIIC, she had a much stronger pressure hull (with plating thickness up to 28mm) and a bit better offensive punch (16 torpedoes against VIIC's 14). ![]() The U-boat sank one ship and damaged two others before she was sunk by shells from the stern gun of the US motor merchant Unicoi (Master J. On 15 July 1942 convoy KS 520, proceeding from Norfolk to Key West, Fla encountered U-576 off Cape Hatteras. See the 6 ships hit by U-576 - View the 5 war patrols
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