83503 1/350 DKM Navy Type VII-A U-Boat

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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 ammunitionType VIIB was an improvement on this design with substantially increased range All but two U-29 and U-30, both scuttled in KupfermOhlen Bay on May 4, 1945 Type VIIA U-boats were sunk during World War Two