IJN Kamikaze boats 0220-week-2 Scale 1:100th (15mm)

Scale 1:100th (15mm)

lacking a human crew

It is sensitive to atmospheric densities like other compression weapons

but although lightly armed and fragile

IJN Kamikaze boats 0220-week-2 Scale 1:100th (15mm)Just as Nazi Germany had to reach for desperate solutions toward wars end, Japan followed their air force in developing a Kamikaze or suicide weapon that might just turn the tide of the battle. These were the Shinyo (Seaquake) speedboats. Over 6,000 were built after 1943. A one man power boat with a speed of 30 knots and a massive 700 pound explosive charge, they were to be run at enemy vessels and if a hit scored it would be deadly. The army also