Title: Schnellboot - What Could Have Been
Description: You wont believe this....
Description: You wont believe this....
landyshah - March 23, 2009 10:28 AM (GMT)
1945 - planned German Type 5B
Gerrmany started hydrofoil designs in 1909, continued through to 1945, and was the only country to have hydrofoil boats in operation in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. Officially known as Hydrofoil Klein-Schnellboot, designed by Schiffbau-Ingenieur F.H. Wendel, his line of boats all proved successful. His design was finally tested in 1952 when it gave an outstanding performance.
Type 5B Specifications:
Dimensions - length 45.93ft; beam 9.84ft, 18.37ft over jets; draft 10.17ft floating, 2.95ft suspended
Engines: cruising, maneuvering 2-600hp, fighting 2-800 hp, jets: 2-1450kgp static thrust
Speed - cruising 25 knots, all engines except jets 53 knots, maximum with all engines 65 knots
Range - 600nm
Armament - 2 torpedoes and 10 depth charges OR 3 torpedoes, 5-8.6cm rockets (3-forward firing, 2-rearward), 1-1.3cm MG, 1-1.2cm Quad MG.
Crew - 6/8
The Type 5b project was just getting started when the war ended. The designer of the boat ran a small replica (enclosed 4 passenger) that hit 50 knots in the 50's and could have gone faster if desired. The American Navy Hydrofoil program came from all of the technology we took as war prizes from Germany. The big problem was that little worked for us as it did for the Germans. This includes the S-boots that the U.S. Navy tried to recreate, but they could never get the Lurseen Effect Rudders to work, so the American boats were always slower. The Type 5B would have been a devastating attack boat with a great deal of armament and a speed of 60+knots. The Germans also built a model that was a submersible complete with periscope but not a true submarine. It was designed to lay and wait in shallow water and strike once enemy surface vessels came within range.
Talk about German technology....my gosh!
Taken from here and also see here...this is not a fake...
Gerrmany started hydrofoil designs in 1909, continued through to 1945, and was the only country to have hydrofoil boats in operation in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. Officially known as Hydrofoil Klein-Schnellboot, designed by Schiffbau-Ingenieur F.H. Wendel, his line of boats all proved successful. His design was finally tested in 1952 when it gave an outstanding performance.
Type 5B Specifications:
Dimensions - length 45.93ft; beam 9.84ft, 18.37ft over jets; draft 10.17ft floating, 2.95ft suspended
Engines: cruising, maneuvering 2-600hp, fighting 2-800 hp, jets: 2-1450kgp static thrust
Speed - cruising 25 knots, all engines except jets 53 knots, maximum with all engines 65 knots
Range - 600nm
Armament - 2 torpedoes and 10 depth charges OR 3 torpedoes, 5-8.6cm rockets (3-forward firing, 2-rearward), 1-1.3cm MG, 1-1.2cm Quad MG.
Crew - 6/8
The Type 5b project was just getting started when the war ended. The designer of the boat ran a small replica (enclosed 4 passenger) that hit 50 knots in the 50's and could have gone faster if desired. The American Navy Hydrofoil program came from all of the technology we took as war prizes from Germany. The big problem was that little worked for us as it did for the Germans. This includes the S-boots that the U.S. Navy tried to recreate, but they could never get the Lurseen Effect Rudders to work, so the American boats were always slower. The Type 5B would have been a devastating attack boat with a great deal of armament and a speed of 60+knots. The Germans also built a model that was a submersible complete with periscope but not a true submarine. It was designed to lay and wait in shallow water and strike once enemy surface vessels came within range.
Talk about German technology....my gosh!
Taken from here and also see here...this is not a fake...
cptan - March 24, 2009 02:30 AM (GMT)
Landy,
Wow, this thing looks so Sci-Fi futuristic like same craft from the Babylon 5 movie :D
Thanx for the info.
CPTan
Wow, this thing looks so Sci-Fi futuristic like same craft from the Babylon 5 movie :D
Thanx for the info.
CPTan
druid_99 - March 24, 2009 02:43 AM (GMT)
Shah, no plans on scratchbuilding it???
Thanks for the info... very interesting one I must say... :D
Thanks for the info... very interesting one I must say... :D
landyshah - March 24, 2009 03:36 AM (GMT)
Yeah, really interesting and fascinating.
This joins those German flying wing, V weapon, Landkruiser gun etc - and the Americans and Russians were quick to sapu all. Strangely, the British never got much...
Scratchbuild ka Imran...wah....how about use your Stuka kit as the basis? hehehe
This joins those German flying wing, V weapon, Landkruiser gun etc - and the Americans and Russians were quick to sapu all. Strangely, the British never got much...
Scratchbuild ka Imran...wah....how about use your Stuka kit as the basis? hehehe
emechelmi - March 25, 2009 10:41 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (landyshah @ Mar 24 2009, 11:36 AM) |
| This joins those German flying wing, V weapon, Landkruiser gun etc - and the Americans and Russians were quick to sapu all. Strangely, the British never got much... |
The British went bankrupt at the end of WW2. So, they can't exploit very much on the tech knowledge obtained from the Germans.
Even the rationing practice still carry on until 1950, if I'm not mistaken.