Youth familiarization with the Leichtes Sturmboot 39 at NSKK Motorsportschule MB1 in Dessau in 1943

The Leichtes Sturmboot 39 was a small, high-powered assault craft used for river and small waterway crossings and assaults. They were also employed on security and anti-partisan patrols along river ways in occupied territories. Leichtes Sturmboot were very fast at just over 25 knots with the use of an outboard motor extended from the rear of the craft. They was however no protection for the crew and no armament other than the small arms carried by the men on board. Leichtes Sturmboot 39 were transported into battle by most German construction and assault engineer units and were used to spearhead river and small waterway assaults, usually in conjunction with an attempt to form a bridgehead for the construction of a bridge. The craft could carry 6 men or about a half-ton of weight.
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