Italeri 5619 - 1/35 Vosper MTB 74 - St.Nazaire Raid  [IT-5619S]

On March 1942, a British amphibious assault ended up being undertaken by Royal Navy and Commandos facing the top dry dock at Saint Nazaire, in German occupied France. “Chariot” ended up being the codename of combined procedure. The French harbor was at reality a vital logistic point the German Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic. The raid was completed by some destroyers by a motor launches flotilla that offer the transport duties of British Commandos. The procedure was at fact effective done as well as the dry dock was in fact damaged and unusable ahead of the end connected with war. A built-in part was in fact assigned towards the MTB 74. It proved specially modified by Royal Navy shipyards to allow for torpedo pipelines on its foredeck and to adopt specific engine silencers to minimize the sound. MTB 74 duty is to hit the anti-submarine nets and also to introduce its torpedoes to block the lock gate. The MTB obtained its goals but on the way back it ended up hit and sank.

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