Forthcoming human torpedoes (pictures) (1 Viewer)

[wayne556517]

He it is,again more originality from TGM.

 

[Sentaapua]

Now that`s what I call an unexpected, surprising and very nice release!!

 

[Guy]

This is thinking out of the box . 3Cheers for TG !!!! There are a few bits and pieces missing on the torpedo ( wiring) but this is something you can add yourself.
guy

 

[Mitch]

That is a great release and, I also like the figures. Excellent stuff
Mitch

 

[cnq]

Excellent released from TG. I would very much prefer to have the frog men instead but I will still get it for sure.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Might have to do some Googling to read up more about these as not much knowledge on them.

Something different and some divers would be nice.

Good subject by TG.

 

[Obee]

Excellent released from TG. I would very much prefer to have the frog men instead but I will still get it for sure.

I think that the figures represent the torpedo on the dock, or in store, but also fully kitted men would look great if it was in the water...... but then you would only need a waterline torpedo.

This seems the best compromise for this weapon,

Well Done Tom, thinking 'outside the box' yet again.

John

 

[waynepoo]

He it is,again more originality from TGM.

Nice figures and the torp looks great, wonder if the figures should be Kriegsmarine (two officers) or that may be a future release?
Wayne.

 

[Guy]

Nice figures and the torp looks great, wonder if the figures should be Kriegsmarine (two officers) or that may be a future release?
Wayne.

Wayne,
The Kriegsmarine experimented with 3 types that can be called manned torpedoes, the NEGER, the MARDER and the HECHT but they were in fact mini submarines ; The British Navy however copied the Italian manned torpedo and named it the CHARIOT. The TG model must be British or Italian. Looking at Wayne's pics I would say it is Italian.
I add a few pics
guy
the Chariot

the Marder

The Neger at Anzio beach head

 

[graycap]

Hopefully these "Human torpedoes" will be on display at the Toy Soldier show next month. Not sure what Generals Bayerlein and Scherer are doing in the image though!

 

[Sentaapua]

It`s most likely Italian: a SLC Maiale (200), here`s some more pics

 

[Sentaapua]

These man driven torpedoes concept have it`s origins in late WWI buy Italians, when they successfully sank the Austrian battleship “Viribus Unitis” using a primitive man driven torpedo. The idea resurfaced shortly before WWII when the SLC were developed. The SLC, "Silura the Lenta Corsa" (Low Speed ​​Torpedo) was the most famous weapon of attack the Italian Regia Marina (overall known for it`s weak attack performance in the conflict) employed during World War II. This new "torpedo˜, which earned the nickname "Maiale" (pig), was modified from a single man concept, to a two "cockpits" version to accommodate two divers (then known as "frogmen"), having an electric engine (batteries) and equipped with control surfaces, tanks ballast and compressed air to release the ballast, allowing full underwater navigation, like a submarine. After the necessary engineering work, the first four copies were ordered from Officine San Bartolomeo in La Spezia. These first were used for staff training. It was during this training period that one of the officers enrolled in the program would have told his co-operator "Accelerate this pig!" ("Maiale" in Italian), thus giving rise to the nickname of the SLC. To operate such weapons, the Italian navy created Flottiglia X ª MAS, based in La Spezia, near Genoa. With the near outbreak of war in Italy, work was rushed and submarines were adapted to load these Maiali. Thus the "Decima MAS" was declared operational on February 24, 1940, to become Italy`s most famous special-ops outfit during WWII. The Maiali were extensively and successfully used in Alexandria, Algiers and Gibraltar against the Allied Navy up to late 1943.

 

[Guy]

my thoughts exactly
guy

 

[Poppo]

These man driven torpedoes concept have it`s origins in late WWI buy Italians, when they successfully sank the Austrian battleship “Viribus Unitis” using a primitive man driven torpedo. The idea resurfaced shortly before WWII when the SLC were developed. The SLC, "Silura the Lenta Corsa" (Low Speed ​​Torpedo) was the most famous weapon of attack the Italian Regia Marina (overall known for it`s weak attack performance in the conflict) employed during World War II. This new "torpedo˜, which earned the nickname "Maiale" (pig), was modified from a single man concept, to a two "cockpits" version to accommodate two divers (then known as "frogmen"), having an electric engine (batteries) and equipped with control surfaces, tanks ballast and compressed air to release the ballast, allowing full underwater navigation, like a submarine. After the necessary engineering work, the first four copies were ordered from Officine San Bartolomeo in La Spezia. These first were used for staff training. It was during this training period that one of the officers enrolled in the program would have told his co-operator "Accelerate this pig!" ("Maiale" in Italian), thus giving rise to the nickname of the SLC. To operate such weapons, the Italian navy created Flottiglia X ª MAS, based in La Spezia, near Genoa. With the near outbreak of war in Italy, work was rushed and submarines were adapted to load these Maiali. Thus the "Decima MAS" was declared operational on February 24, 1940, to become Italy`s most famous special-ops outfit during WWII. The Maiali were extensively and successfully used in Alexandria, Algiers and Gibraltar against the Allied Navy up to late 1943.
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Their biggest success was on December 19th 1941 the : the pigs (used by the X ª MAS Flotilla) conducted their most famous action, the sinking of the British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth.This attack in Alexandria deprived for a long time, the Royal Navy of its warships in the Mediterranean.
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