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    #16
    Great picture, great plate...

    ... and a great uniform

    Thanks for sharing
    Kind regards,
    Giel

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      #17
      TX Guys,
      here is the Boat / the "Molch" we have in our base.

      Time to clean it soon......
      Best
      Sascha
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        #18
        Wow, this is something! Hopefuly it is kept indoor in the future.
        Thank you Sascha, great images
        Cheers,
        Hubert

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          #19
          I have seen VII type in Laboe, XXI in Bremerhaven but this submarine is crazy interesting. I must find out more. Thanks for the pictures and inspiration.

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            #20
            Mein Gott! That sure is wonderful! I think I have to pay you a visit Many thanks, Sascha!

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              #21
              No Problemo ;-)
              I will ask who is in charge of this cigar and maybe we can look inside ;-)
              Best
              Sascha

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                #22
                Originally posted by Schütze0815 View Post
                No Problemo ;-)
                I will ask who is in charge of this cigar and maybe we can look inside ;-)
                Best
                Sascha

                That, my friend, would be something that I would remember the rest of my life!

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                  #23
                  Great pics! Thanks for showing these.
                  Looking for a 30 '06 Chauchat magazine.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Ludwig View Post
                    Mein Gott! That sure is wonderful! I think I have to pay you a visit Many thanks, Sascha!
                    If you are in Germany 2019 let me know and you get a tour on my base, with the Molch and some german beer......and maybe a look on the newest and deadliest subs we have in our Navy.
                    Best
                    Sascha

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Schütze0815 View Post
                      If you are in Germany 2019 let me know and you get a tour on my base, with the Molch and some german beer......and maybe a look on the newest and deadliest subs we have in our Navy.
                      Best
                      Sascha

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                        #26
                        @Ludwig: will sent your picture this week by mail !

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                          #27
                          And while we discuss these units, the son of Captain Hans Langsdorff, Joachim, was listed as missing on 20 December 1945 and later declared as killed.

                          6 years to the day that his father committed suicide in Buenos Aires after scuttling Graf Spee.

                          Biber 90 is one of 324 Bibers built for K-Force in 1944. It was built in three sections bolted together, with the rear section holding the 32 hp Opel-Blitz Otto automobile engine. The engine gave a surface range of 100 nautical miles at 6.5 knots and the three torpedo battery troughs Type 13 T 210 and a 13 hp electric torpedo motor gave a submerged range of 8.6 nautical miles at 5.3 knots plus 8 nautical miles at 2.5 knots. Armament comprised two G 7e electric torpedoes or two mines. It was one of three Bibers launched from the canal at Hellevoetsluis in late December 1944. It was found sinking 49 miles (79 km) NE of Dover on 29 December 1944, its crewman had failed to properly close the engine exhaust system and he died from resultant carbon monoxide poisoning. HMS Ready took it in tow and, even when it sank close to Dover harbour entrance, the Royal Navy raised it and subjected it to extensive trials. The pilot of Biber 90 was Joachim Langsdorff, the son of Captain Hans Langsdorff of the ill-fated Graf Spee. The story of the development of the Biber, and, in particular, the capture of the Biber 90 can be read in more detail in the IWM Review No 4 (1989)

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                            #28
                            Fascinating story John,and thank you.


                            Cheers,Martin.

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                              #29
                              Wow, again learned something.
                              Thanks John

                              KR
                              Sascha

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                                #30
                                The boat was recovered and is on display in the UK. Here are some recovery shots.
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