Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera "Sea Lion's" kunonoka muna Gumiguru 1940, "Luftwaffe" yakasarudza mumatsutso a1941 kuenderera kugadzira Siebel zvikepe kunze kweHondo pasi peSpecial Ferry Command ("Fähre-Sonderkommando"). Yakatsiva injini dzemotokari dzedizeli dzomugadziriro wapakuvamba neBMW nedzimwe mhando dzemotokari dzendege, dzimba ina dzadzo mumigumo yakakura yemapontoon yakabatanidzwa kune zvigunwe zvemvura kuburikidza nebhokisi rinodzokera shure. Dzimwe dzeidzi ngarava dzakanzi dzishandiswe neuto uye dzaishandiswa nevanhu vakasiyana-siyana, asi mauto akanga asingafariri kushandiswa kweinjini dzendege, achiti dzaigona kupisa uye dzaipisa mafuta akawanda. The Army Engineer Ferry Construction Command paAntwerp akaramba achishandisa motokari injini sezvo chikuru propulsion chikwata, uye akafunga navo yakavimbika zvichienzaniswa "Luftwaffe kuti" ndege injini. Gumi rakavakwa nokuda kweOperation Herkules
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