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Full resin kit of a German post-war submarine, the U-Hai (S 170 ex U2365) / U-Hecht (S 171 ex U2367) scale 1/144 by Bird Models (2017). The kit contains 17 resin parts, a photo of the built model and an english - german instruction sheet, decals with boats numbers are also included as the display stand with a decal including the name of the boats. The kit is limited run. The offer contains only 1 submarine!
Attention: On the article pictures you can see a built model and decoration. Included in this offer is the kit, but no decoration and no built model!
In 1943, when the German submarine faced a shocking incline of losses by allover air-surveillance, radar and special “hunter-killer-groups”, the commander of the German submarine, Karl Dönitz, pushed some ameliorated types of U-boats to be developed. Yet, the types XXI and XXIII were delivered late because of several technical delays. Six units of coast submarine type XXIII came to the front and had remarkable success with their little 53,3 cm torpedos. A great part of the submarines in German waters were submerged by their own crews.
With the German rearmament in 1956 and the reinstatement of the federal marine there was a great need of ships including submarines to instruct military scholars. Two of the type XXIII boats destroyed in 1945, U 2365 and U 2367, were salvaged and made fit to go as class 240 submarines. U 2365 became U-Hai (shark) and U 2367 became U-Hecht (pike). Later on, reconstructions were made on prow and tower: A new prow was attached and furnished with attack sonar M1 by Atlas. Under the prow, a roughly enlarged hydrophone type “balcony” with lots of crystal receivers was installed.
On September 4th 1966 the U-Hai sank off Helgoland, the cook the only survivor of 20 officers and ordinary seamen. Five day later the boat was salvaged and retired and scrapped on the 24th of September 1966. U-Hecht was retired and scrapped on the 30th of September 1968.
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