Trumpeter 06801 1/48 German U-Boat Type VIIC U-552

Type VIIC U-boat (Unterseeboot) of the German Navy submarine fleet. 568 craft were launched between 1940 and 1945, starting with U-69. Type VIIC was in operational service early in WW2 near the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, the so-called “First Happy Time” when U-boats inflicted heavy losses against British Royal Navy and allied shipping.

Between January and August 1942, German U-boats struck US Navy & merchant shipping in a phase of WW2 known as the “Second Happy Time” in the Atlantic off the east coast of North America, causing heavy losses.

Type VIIC was the most numerous submarine in service when Allied efforts finally defeated the U-boat campaign in late 1943/early 1944.

Features

Scale 1:48
Item Type Plastic Model Warship Kit
Model Brief Length: 1398.3mm Beam: 136.9mm
Total Parts 1100+
Metal Parts n/a
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece
Film Parts n/a
Resin Parts n/a
Total Sprues 25 sprues and hull
The kit consists of over 1100 parts
The kit w/refined detail
Full interior details
Sarboard hull made of clear part can show the full interior details
Etched Photo parts included