Biber Midget Submarine
324 BUILT! - 9m Midget Submarine! - 324 boats commissioned 1944: Multiple series totaling 324 boats! MOST NUMEROUS MIDGET SUBMARINE! 6.3 tons surfaced, 9m long (29.5 ft!), 1-man crew. 2× external G7e torpedoes (dropped for attack!) OR 2× mines. 6.5 knots surfaced/5.3 knots submerged. Gasoline engine (unconventional!). Simple construction (175 build hours!). 130 nm range. Coastal defense and special operations. Limited combat success (high loss rate). Simple cylindrical pressure hull. Diving depth 65 ft. Mass-produced 1944-1945 for coastal defense.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 5 t
- Displacement (full)
- 6.5 (submerged) t
- Length
- 29.2 ft
- Beam
- 5.2 ft
- Crew
- 1
- Ships built
- 324
- Commissioned
- 1944
- Decommissioned
- 1945
Performance
- Top speed
- 6.5 kn
- Range
- 130 nm at 6 knots surfaced
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None (external mounts!)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 21.78
- Research cost
- 1,917
- Credit cost
- 15,246
Notable
- MIDGET SUBMARINE! (9m long!)
- 324 BOATS BUILT! (MOST NUMEROUS midget submarine!)
- 6.3 tons surfaced (tiny!)
- 1-man crew (solo operations)
- 2× external torpedoes (dropped for attack!)
- Gasoline engine (unconventional for submarines!)
- Mass production midget (1944-1945)
- Simple construction (175 build hours!)
- Coastal defense/special operations
- Limited combat success (high loss rate)