VS 5
HYBRID SUBMARINE-TORPEDO BOAT

(1938-1941)

By Rob Arndt






 



VS 5 was an experimental semi-submersible torpedo boat (Versuchs Schnellboot) completed in 1941 and based on a 1938 patent by a Berlin dentist. The intended armament included two 21in torpedo tubes and two 2cm cannon. Its fate after 1941 is unknown.











 

 


 

 

STRANGE VEHICLES OF PRE-WAR GERMANY & THE THIRD REICH
(1928-1945)

 

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