ASM-N-2 Bat Radar Guided Glide Bomb 1/72

Early in World War II, German U-boats were sinking alarming numbers of Allied freighters & oil tankers along the eastern seaboard of the United States, with a peak of around 80 ships being sunk per month. This was clearly a National emergency & we needed a technological miracle. Since noisy patrol aircraft could not “sneak up” on these enemy submarines in order to attackthem successfully, a stand-off, glider-type weapon was proposed. Ultimately, the BAT air-to-surface missile (ASM-N-2: Special…

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