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Further to this reporters news story on the 11th of May 2009 ICM have released some more details on their kitset of the 1/72nd U-Boat Type XXIIB “Seehund” (early) WWII German Midget Submarine.

We understand that ICM kitset is the first plastic injection-mould kit for this interesting submarine and will include markings for two variants the U-5329 from K-Flottilla 312 and the "Seehund" from Lehrkdo 300.

The product code for this kitset has been notified as ICM S006.

Please join me in viewing the new images of this pending kitset.

We understand that the revised release date is now August 2009 and a price to be confirmed.

As always we will update you on this kitset as and when we have more detail.

History
The Seehund "Seal", also known as Type XXVII, was a successful series of German midget submarines created during World War II. Designed in 1944, and operated by two man crews, the submarines were used by the Kriegsmarine during the closing months of the war, sinking 9 merchant vessels and damaging an additional 3, with 35 losses mostly attributed to bad weather.

The first contract for Seehund construction was placed on 30 July 1944. Enthusiasm for the submarine was so high that most of the contracts and hull numbers were allocated even before the design was completed. A total of 285 Seehunds were constructed and allocated numbers in the range U-5501 to U-6442.

Images courtesy of ICM.