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  2. List of infantry weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Obstacle clearing explosive charges. Barbed wire destruction rod grenade [8] Flamethrowers. P3 and P4 portable flamethrower; Schilt portable flamethrower; Mortars. Aasen 88.9mm M1915; Saint Étienne 58mm T No.1; Saint Étienne 58mm T No.2; Schneider 75mm M1915; Van Deuren 70mm M1915 [5] Projectile weapons. Sauterelle; Support guns. Puteaux 37mm ...

  3. Depth charge - Wikipedia

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    A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock. Most depth charges use high explosives with a fuze set to detonate the charge, typically at a

  4. Anti-submarine weapon - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps the simplest of the anti-submarine weapons, the depth charge, is a large canister filled with explosives and set to explode at a predetermined depth. The concussive effects of the explosion could damage a submarine from a distance, though a depth charge explosion had to be very close to break the submarine's hull.

  5. List of German weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of German weapons of World War I. Infantry weapons. Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic ...

  6. Anti-submarine mortar - Wikipedia

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    The depth charges were also not as effective as one might think at sinking a submarine - only a very close detonation would sink a submarine, and the problems of scoring a direct hit meant that a submarine was more often damaged than destroyed by depth charges. After World War I depth charge throwers were developed, which could hurl depth ...

  7. Category:Depth charges - Wikipedia

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  8. USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) - Wikipedia

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    At this point the armed depth charges began to explode, killing men who had been unable to escape the destroyer, and stunning many others in the water. [13] The destroyer, the first United States destroyer ever lost to enemy action, [ 4 ] sank eight minutes after the torpedo struck the rudder, taking with her two officers and 64 men.

  9. SC-1-class submarine chaser - Wikipedia

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    1 × Y-gun depth charge projector The SC-1 class was a large class of submarine chasers built during World War I for the United States Navy . They were ordered in very large numbers in order to combat attacks by German U-boats , with 442 boats built from 1917 to 1919.