Biber German Midget Submarine

SPECIAL HOBBY plastic scale model kit , for the assembly of a German Biber submarine from World War II, in scale 1/72. Includes sprues with plastic parts, assembly instructions and decals.

The Biber (German for "beaver") was a German midget submarine of the Second World War. Armed with two externally mounted 53-centimetre torpedoes or mines, they were intended to attack coastal shipping. They were the smallest submarines in the Kriegsmarine. The Biber was hastily developed to help meet the threat of an Allied invasion of Europe. This resulted in basic technical flaws that, combined with the inadequate training of their operators, meant they never posed a real threat to Allied shipping, despite 324 submarines being delivered. One of the class's few successes was the sinking of the cargo ship Alan A. Dale.