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[WIP] Molch Midget Submarine

The Molch Midget sub was one of which created by the germans. The submarine carried two torpedos externally, and was helmed by one person. The submarine had no periscope, nor any major navigation/evasion/detection equipment. They were very unsuccessful.

Current Progress: (I know that the torpedos are missing a fin! I dont have SH 4 on my computer At the moment, so I dont ahve the files anymore, to use for the display...
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4...dgetsub.th.jpg

wow, that could be challenging, what did they do drive by periscope?

Wait, what?

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Molch (Salamander) Midget Submarine

Designed by Dr. Heinrich Drager, the Molch was a one man midget submarine driven exclusively by electric motors. Shaped like a long cigar, it carried two underslung G7e torpedoes and had a limited range of 50nm at 2.9 knots. For vision, it was equipped with a plexiglass cupola and had a periscope which could be rotated 30 degrees on either side. The controls were simple and rudimentary and most were equipped with a compass and a simple hydrophone for detecting distant sounds.

As the Molch did not have an engine for surface running, this meant that it suffered from very limited endurance. To compensate for this, a large proportion of the hull was allocated for battery storage. This resulted in a positive buoyancy which made the submarine almost impossible to dive. As a result, the submarine was robbed of a vital asset – concealment.

First delivered in June 1944, the Molch saw action at Anzio, Norway, the Mediterranean, and Denmark and was mostly used for coastal defense. Although there were some successes, the losses incurred were greatly out of proportion to the sinkings they afflicted. The Molch was used mostly in reserve to the Biber, as that was considered to be a more advanced submarine. A total of 393 were built, mainly by AG Wesser in Bremen.

I think to solve the attack issue, we will have to create a very short periscope, one that can raise only a foot, and can fire fish only straight(to make up for lack of computing systems) that way, you can fire, because ive yet to see a fish fired anywhere acceptably, when fired from the bridge.

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Originally Posted by Gunney (Post 1221803)

well was this it a "real" sub or just the plans for one?

what did the real sub have? if they went decks awash to see by visual line of sight then tweaking the surfaced height should allow the uzo view to work and your tdc works that way

IMO if the didnt have periscopes then you shouldnt be making one, otherwise its pure fantasy boat and not based on the real design.

i can see this being a boat you go into harbors with to find a specific target you were sent after

I agree with Webster's suggestions, but probably the Molch is too limited for the game :88)

the Biber instead would be lovely :yeah:,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biber_%28submarine%29

and we have even nice pics of its interior: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...b_controls.jpg

I guess The UZO idea might work

Yu have any screenshots? or is the project put on hold?