These ferries were catamarans built over two pontoons united with a wide bridge with armored structures. Two petrol engines with silent underwater exhaust could give them speeds of up to 10 knots. The vessels draught does not exceeded 1 meter. Later on their number were increased to 30. They were united to a special flotilla with 2400 personnel under the command of ALB inventor German Lieutenant-Colonel Zibel.
German Landing Barges German officers.
Both Axis Ladoga-based flotillas were formally placed under the command of Finnish Ladoga Coastal Defense Brigade and were based in Lahdenpohja but acted under the commands of German Navy High Command. German Landing Barge. July 1942 Signaller. On August 15-th Italian torpedo boats sank a Soviet gunboat. Soviet Ladoga Flotilla.