U boot biber12/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Nether the less, from 1944 till the end of the Second World War, the Kriegsmarine took delivery and placed in operation more then 300 Bibers. Both due to it’s technical and design defects and for the crew trained, for war needs, excessively fast and without necessary formation. Anyhow, the Biber was never a serious threat for the Allied. The deployment of the Biber, within the Kriegsmarine strategy, was very simple: supply an efficient defence of the cost shore as protection to a possible, further more probable, Allied invasion. The Biber could have been equipped with two 530mm torpedoes mounted externally or with two mines. ![]() Able to reach a merged maximum speed of 6,5 knots and 5,3 knots submerged. ![]() With only 9 meters length, it was capable of a 240 kilometres range. The design began in February 1944 and first examples were set to sea only 6 months later. The development of the Biber was extremely rapid. ![]() Biber boats todayĭid you know that there are several Biber boats in museums today? PhotosĬheck out the Midget submarine Gallery page for Biber photos.“Biber” was the most notorious “poket size” submarine deployed by the Kriegsmarine, German’s third Reich marine during the end of Second World War. More information on midget submarine operations. Operationsįrom January through April 1945 the Molch and Biber midget boats went out on 102 sorties, lost 70 of their own and only sank 7 small ships with a total of 491 tons and damaged 2 for 15,516 tons. Further development of the Biber were planned which included two-man versions (Biber II and Biber III), these were nothing more than drawing board projects. The third compartment contained the after diving tank. Between the first and second bulkhead was the main compartment where the operator sat. The bow section contained nothing more than the main diving tank. The Biber was buildt in three sections which bolted together. Some components destroyed by air raids on Kiel but on the whole Allied bombing failed to disrupt production. Much of the testing was done by Bartels on the River Trave and on 29 March 1944 the craft were accepted for service.Ģ4 production models were ordered as a first batch out of an eventual run of 324.ĭeliveries throughout 1944 comprised three units in May, six in June, nineteen in July, 50 (fifty) in August, 117 (one hundred and seventeen ) in September, 73 (seventy three) in October and 56 (fifty six) in November. The first prototype known as either the Bunte-Boot (after Director Bunte of Flenderwerke) or Adam was completed on 15 March 1944. He began negotiations with Flenderwerke of Lubeck for the construction of the craft. Developed by Korvettenkapitän Hans Bartels. The Biber (beaver) was a one-man submarine developed from the capture of Welman W46 captured at Bergen, Norway on 22 November, 1943. This boat had the diving depth of 65 feet but could not launch torpedoes submerged due to depth-keeping problems. Armed with to externally mounted torpedoes. They had the range of 130 miles at 6 knots surfaced and 8.6 miles at 5 knots submerged. German World War II Kriegsmarine Biber Kleinst U-boot (midget submarine) Bootsnummer 162. Were built by Flenderwerke in Lübeck in 1944. Those were 6.5 ton one-man vessels which could carry two underslung torpedoes of which 324 A damaged and abandoned Biber on its transportation trailer. ![]()
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