| Kaoschallenged | 20 Oct 2013 6:16 p.m. PST |
This French Site has some great photos of some German invasion barges,
link Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 20 Oct 2013 8:07 p.m. PST |
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| Streitax | 20 Oct 2013 8:22 p.m. PST |
Equipped like that, what could possibly go wrong with Sea Lion? 5 kph wind perhaps? |
Joes Shop  | 21 Oct 2013 5:50 a.m. PST |
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| Cuchulainn | 21 Oct 2013 7:23 a.m. PST |
Those photos are all new to me, thanks very much for the link. |
| Kaoschallenged | 21 Oct 2013 5:42 p.m. PST |
Most welcome. I wonder if anyone makes them. Robert |
| jgibbons | 21 Oct 2013 5:46 p.m. PST |
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| Charlie 12 | 21 Oct 2013 6:33 p.m. PST |
Most of the invasion craft were converted Rhine River barges (not the most seaworthy of craft) and, to top it off, the majority were unpowered. The 'brilliant' idea was to TOW them (3 to each tug) across the Channel. To say Sealion was not Overlord is a slight understatement…. |
| Dameon | 25 Oct 2013 7:41 p.m. PST |
Wow I had no idea the barges were that… unsuitable. That and the plan to drive tanks underwater across the channel? Makes you wonder if the war might have been shorter if the Germans had actually tried to invade. It would have been a debacle! |
| Kaoschallenged | 25 Oct 2013 11:30 p.m. PST |
The barges in the photos were not what I envisioned. Robert |
| Lewisgunner | 26 Oct 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
They were completely unsuitable and could only be loaded for a few hours a day. Propaganda photos were produced showing troops in them to rack up the pressure on the British, but they could only have functioned in fine weather with the Germans having air supremacy and the British fleet sunk and then only if paratroops had captured a port. |
| Kaoschallenged | 26 Oct 2013 3:04 p.m. PST |
Here in Portland we ship alot of grain and they are brought up in barges. That is what always comes to mind for me. Robert
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| Etranger | 26 Oct 2013 3:20 p.m. PST |
Lopping the bows off the barges to fit landing ramps didn't do much for their seaworthiness either. KC – they'd be bigger but essentially the same as the European river barges. Some more pictures here link |
| Kaoschallenged | 02 Nov 2013 3:40 p.m. PST |
This would have been perhaps a little more useful? Robert
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| Etranger | 02 Nov 2013 9:24 p.m. PST |
Yes but the Germans never had enough! |
| Kaoschallenged | 04 Nov 2013 3:30 a.m. PST |
So very true and I bet they were kicking themselves for not having so.Here is another photo and some information about Sealion,
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| AuvergneWargamer | 07 Apr 2014 3:14 a.m. PST |
Mes Amis, Just came across these and many are new and very much detailed than the pictures I had seen before so thanks, belatedly for sharing them. Kaoschallenged asked whether models of these are available. Frontline – link
– used to make them and I hope they still do. Nice models (20mm) and not very expensive. Cheers, Paul |
| Ethanjt21 | 07 Apr 2014 5:39 a.m. PST |
German Soldier: "You want me to go where? In that? Really?" |
checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming.
