1/350 DKM Navy Type VII-A U-Boat

Product Code: 83503

Description

DKM Type VII-AU-Boat - These boats, designed in 1933-1934, were
the first of a new generation of German attack U-boats known, as
Type VII, they were popular with their crews and very agile on
the surface They also had a much more powerful striking power
than the smaller Type lls They had 5 torpedo tubes 4 at the bow
and would carry 11 torpedoes onboard or 22 TMA =33 TMB mines They
also had the effective 88mm fast-firing deck gun with about 160
rounds of ammunition Type VIIB was an improvement on this design
with substantially increased range All but two U-29 and U-30,
both scuttled in Kupferm Ohlen Bay on May 4, 1945 Type VIIA
U-boats were sunk during World War Two