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Originally designed as high speed commence raiders, their crew soon realised that the lack of armor make them easy prey to fast firing light weapons of the very ships that they are supposed to hunt. But unfortunately many had already been completed before the flaw was discovered.

In order to make up for the mistake, the military decided to make use of the countless obsolete tanks by taking their guns and armors to improve the fight capablities the boats. In order to fool the enemy intelligence, all the refitted boats were called "Panzerschiffe" or armored ships.

Despite being fitted with more armor and a heavier new gun, the boats were still very capable of performing their role well, easily outrunning any ships thats more powerful then it is, but is more than capable of taking on any ships that can catch up to it.

While performing very well in their early year, the enemy managed to counter it with better weapons being mounted on their merchant ships, and many ships were sunk as a result. Soon the surviving ships were mostly taken off their raiding missions and many left to rust in
docks.

The E21 is one such boat which had been left to rust in the docks while her crew waited fortheir next mission
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Mood: Love ~SteamHead1880 Apr 24, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
This looks freaking amazing!
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So, if this is a german ship, why is there 'mail' written on the bag? ;) Anyways, fantastic drawing and interesting concept...
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*Luches Dec 19, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Hehehehe you got me there :D
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:icondash-driver:
Love that KwK37 L/24...maybe one day updated to the KwK40 L/43.
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:icondash-driver:
Someone now needs to write a short story for the E21 coming into port.
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~MatthewJMimnaugh Apr 5, 2013  Professional Writer
I seriously want to; this piece begs a story.
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~VentusAerus May 18, 2012  Student General Artist
That is a badass little ship right there.
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:iconexsanguination8:
the panzer 4 turret is totally cool on this
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