In response to the Warsaw pact, the Type 206 was developed during the Cold war as a hunter-killer submarine to operate in the shallow depths of the Baltic sea. It is modeled after S-177 of the Bundesmarine. This is a Revell 1/144 scale of the Type 206A. Nevertheless, what the Bundesmarine could not do in terms of domestic needs, more than compensated in exports, especially through the very successful line of diesel-eletric submarines, MEKO frigates, Lürssen's FACs and numerous weaponry and detection, mine warfare systems which allowed the domestic German naval industry to punch well above its weight. U-Boot Type 206 German Diesel Electric Submarine - John Shum. Today the Marine is a shadow of its past self, especially the humongus Kaiserliches Marine that almost became the second world's largest, compounded by NATO's strict missions and policies for the Baltic and budget cuts following the end of the cold war. In comparison, the Bundesmarine had at all times in the cold war about 15 at sea. It's part of the Bundeswehr at large, the German federal army.Ĭapitalizing on its ww2 expertise in submarines, Federal Germany built far more of this type for export than any other country to date German shipyards are in fact world champions in exporting conventional submarines, with more than 120 sold to 17 countries, on four continents. The German Navy is one of these institutions that passed through an exceptionally tumultuous history linked to the country's creation, which began with the Prussians in the 1700s as the Preußische Marine, became the Reichsflotte in 1850, the North German Federal Navy until 1870, then the Kaiserliche Marine until 1919, the Reichmarine until 1933, then the Kriegsmarine until 1945, the German Mine Sweeping Administration until 1948, and with the decision to let Germany rearm inside NATO, the Bundesmarine from 1956 until 1990. Nach dem Krieg hob die deutsche Bundesmarine zwei Boote dieses Typs und stellte sie als U-Boot-Klasse 240 wieder in Dienst.
The Bundesmarine: Guarding the Baltic 58 Ships in 1990 Die U-Boot-Klasse XXIII, offiziell Typ XXIII genannt, war ein deutscher U-Boot-Typ gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges sie wurde aufgrund ihrer geringen Größe als Küsten-U-Boot eingestuft.