AB-Tei Gunboat 15mm WW11 French Vehicles made famous by Gunther Prien’s

made famous by Gunther Prien’s U-47 sinking the battleship Royal Oak at anchor in Scapa Flow – a blatant and daring challenge to the might of the Royal Navy

Discover the might of the Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet and add in the rules for Cruel Seas with the special U-boat miniature and your IJN Force is ready to head out and conquer the Pacific

invulnerable to torpedo attack and capable of dishing out heavy punishment

Not very many were fitted

AB-Tei Gunboat 15mm WW11 French Vehicles made famous by Gunther Prien’sThe IJA started developing small gunboats for close support of amphibious landings in 1924 and by 1927 had the AB Tei gunboat. By WWII these would be diesel powered. They would be transported to the landing zones on merchant ships. They were also used as patrol boats in rivers, harbours and coastal zones and to escort supply barges. In this role they encountered PT boats. The 57 mm guns were actually the Japanese Type 97 47 mm anti tank gun or a