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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 ...
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
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.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) This is a list of German weapons of World War I. ... List of German weapons of World War I.
Pages in category "Depth charges" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The deaths of British merchant sailors and the seeming invulnerability of U-boats led to the development of depth charges (1916), hydrophones (sonar, 1917), blimps, hunter-killer submarines (HMS R-1, 1917), forward-throwing anti-submarine weapons, and dipping hydrophones (the latter two both abandoned in 1918). [33]
Pages in category "World War I naval weapons" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
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.