Most U-boats like the Type VIIC from 1942 onwards went through a series of suggestions requests made to U-boat Command to urgently refit and remove equipment that was no longer needed on these boats.

U boat net cutter. Bathtub U-boat Type G7a scale size torpedo. The entrances to most harbors were protected by nets and while incursions were rare Scapa Flow is the only one I can recall offhand by a U-boat the idea was probably to have the tool in case it was needed. Most were slightly thinner than this model but for ease of printing Ive beefed it up a little.

Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. Yet another vote for the net cutter. This section includes over 21000 Allied Warships and over 11000 Allied Commanders of WWII from the US Navy Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Royal Australian Navy The Polish Navy and others.

This is a 140 scale netcutter as used on German Type VII submarines during WW2. I know that the net cutters were removed starting in March 1941 but U 94 still had a net cutter on the 18th April 1941. This cable cutter device was proven useless in WWII.

Over 40000 pages on the officers the boats technology and the Allied efforts to counter the U-boat threat. New and used models for sale. Well actually I agree with the net thing.

A submarines net cutter is a device mounted on the bows of some naval submarines to cut through anti-submarine netting. Would I be right in saying that the removal of the net cutters and of the breakwaters outboard of the 88mm was a gradual process and that some boats may have had these features a few months after March 1941. Heres another accessory for Skimbals Bathtub U-boat.

Even the supporting frames changed as the war went on. The U-boat War in World War Two Kriegsmarine 1939-1945 and World War One Kaiserliche Marine 1914-1918 and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. The etching is basic and good and it will do the job.