“Matwa” - the Polish gas-mine barrier ship

This cutter was taken over by the Poles from the Bolshevik Russian army as a living barge in March 1920, and for a long time it served in the Pinsk flotilla. In 1925, the ship was fundamentally recycled and installed in them 120th y. p. power engine. A control cabin and crane equipment for lifting the found mines appeared on the deck. There is a mine ramp in the back for dropping mines into the water. Armed with a single “Maxim” machine gun. The vessel is included in the Separate Division of the Pinsk Flotilla. The ship is designed for mine barrier construction and demining, smoke screen construction and gas attack preparation. At the beginning of World War II, the Germans drowned it, and later the USSR raised it up and put it back in line. But with the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, German tanks drowned him again. In 1944 raised again, but only to pull to Kiev and cut.

A straightforward model for modelers of any experience, just starting out would be better off working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague.