Anti-submarine rocket
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Anti-submarine rockets and anti-submarine mortars are anti-submarine weapons deployed on surface warships for the purpose of sinking or damaging submarines with explosive charges.
Bofors anti-submarine rocket launcher
Y-gun depth charge thrower
Crew of SS Orca with British BL 7.5-inch naval howitzer, an anti-submarine mortar developed in 1917
Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar on the forecastle of HMS Westcott, 28 November 1945
Mousetrap (weapon)
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Mousetrap was an anti-submarine rocket launcher used mainly during World War II by the United States Navy and Coast Guard. Its development began in 1941 as a replacement for Hedgehog anti-submarine mo
Anti-submarine rocket
…270 yd (250 m). Firing was automatic triggered by Type 147 Asdic to match the depth of the target The US developed the first anti-submarine rocket, the Mousetrap from the Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar. The Mousetrap used the same warhead but used rocket motor propulsion enabling its use on light vessels which…
4-missile Mark 20 anti-Submarine Projector