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Like several other navies in World War II (1939-1945), the German Navy invested in compact attack submarines - sometimes referred to as "human torpedoes" or "small submarines". The value of such instruments lies in their stealth and surprise when attempting to destroy or incapacitate larger targets such as battleships.

During conflict, some of these operations were successful, while others had mixed results or ended in total failure. Regardless, these little machines had some value, and from 1943 to the end of the war in 1945, the German Navy commissioned about 200 manned "Negger" torpedo systems.

The black platoon was 2.7 tons (length), 25 feet long and only 1.75 feet across. For propulsion, a 12 hp AEG-AV 76 Eto engine was installed, driving the propeller unit in the stern. This gives the manned torpedo a surface speed of up to 4 knots and a range of up to 48 nautical miles.

Black people can't dive, which technically makes it not a real submarine.

From the outside, the ship itself looks like a torpedo, with a sleek and hydrodynamically sophisticated shape (in fact, it was built from a G7e series torpedo). A crew member sits on the bow with a short dome installed in his place (a very simple dash was used and a dome was installed in his place). The rear of the craft contains a fin and rudder assembly for steering. The propeller unit is also located in this section. Below the vehicle are live-fire torpedoes, with the blacks more or less acting as host ships for the weapons.

The torpedoes are attached to the blacks by two attachment points that run along the vehicle's ventral ridge.

As planned, the Negro would quietly approach an unsuspecting target and fire a torpedo once at a reasonable distance. From there, the blacks should leave the area or risk sinking within the blast radius. This is not always possible because in some cases the torpedo cannot be released and the whole black cannot be guided to the point of impact!

In fact, blacks could be a threat to both their pilots and their enemiesas many as 80 percent of their crews were killed in action, with poor results. In practice, blacks are often used as a group for better results.

They began deploying in 1944, and their first deployment was marked by an action recorded on April 20 of that year. A fleet of thirty black men was sent to attack Allied ships stationed in Anzio, Italy.

However, 13 of the fleet sank before reaching the target area, and another 3 never returned home. None of the ships hit their targets in the raid.

During the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, blacks were again involved. Of the 40 blacks available, 24 were operationally deployed, claiming to have two Royal Navy minesweepers. Only nine ships returned home.

Future missions in the region resulted in more Allied ships being sunk or damaged, but the Navy never paid off well enough to make the program the focus of future operations. In late 1944 and early 1945, the German war machine faced major problems.

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