Molch Midget Submarine (Single-Man Variant)
393 BUILT! - Electric-Only Midget! - 393 boats commissioned 1944: Multiple series totaling 393 boats (MORE than Biber 324!). ELECTRIC-ONLY MIDGET SUBMARINE! 11 tons surfaced, 10.8m long (35.4 ft), 1-man crew. Battery-only propulsion (no combustion engine - safer than Biber gasoline!). 2× external G7e torpedoes OR 2× mines. 4.3 knots surfaced/5.0 knots submerged. 50 nm range (battery-limited!). Simple construction (no engine!). Eliminated Biber's gasoline explosion risk. But even higher loss rate (~85%!). Minimal combat success. Transitional design leading to Seehund.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11 t
- Displacement (full)
- 11.4 (submerged) t
- Length
- 35.4 (10.8m) ft
- Beam
- 6.2 ft
- Crew
- 1
- Ships built
- 393
- Commissioned
- 1944
- Decommissioned
- 1945
Performance
- Top speed
- 5 kn
- Range
- 50 nm at 4 knots (battery-only!)
Armament
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- None (external mounts!)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 22.5
- Research cost
- 1,980
- Credit cost
- 15,750
Notable
- ELECTRIC-ONLY MIDGET! (no combustion engine!)
- 393 boats built! (more than Biber 324!)
- 11 tons surfaced (larger than Biber)
- 1-man crew (solo operations like Biber)
- Battery-only propulsion (safer than Biber gasoline!)
- 50 nm range (limited!)
- 2× external torpedoes OR mines
- Eliminated gasoline explosion risk
- Simple construction (no engine!)
- Even higher loss rate than Biber (~85%!)