Modelholic Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 I've found this pic on Armchair General and was wondering what type of MTB it is. The step fwd of the wheelhouse and the twinned gun tubs amidships are a new one on me. I thought for an instant it could be the Revell 1/72 MTB but there's a gap between bridge sides and gun tubs and is flush decked. https://forums.armchairgeneral.com/forum/military-history-related-hobbies/military-modelling-and-other-hobbies/159221-vosper-mtb-1-35th-scale-italeri/page3 scroll to post #38 Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnWS Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) Here's what I found regarding these MTB's. The boats in that photo are Vosper 70' MTB's 20 & 21. They were 2 of a series of 6 Vosper designed boats - MTB's 20-23 & 29-30. Nos 20-23 were built by Vosper in Portsmouth & 29-30 were built by Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, in 1939/40. Armament included 4 - .5" (2X2) machine guns & 2 - 21" torpedo tubes. MTB's 20, 21, & 23 were sold to the Royal Roumanian Navy in 1940. John Edited May 15, 2019 by JohnWS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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