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RE: info on squid?
Posted by: Anders Wingren ()
Date: February 10, 2001 11:12PM


Hi again Tom,Hi Ger & Zach!

In order to seek answer to your question of the size of the charge
I stumbled on this info:

Squid was a 12-inch mortar firing three 390 lb bombs
in a triangular pattern,at about 275 yards mean range
ahead of its parent ship.

Depth-determining sonar was vital to its operation,
as charges were automatically preset to the depth reading given.

First production of Squid was completed in Sept 1943,
and by the end of the war, between 60 and 70 ships
had been equipped.

Wheal&Pope:MacMillan Dictionary of Second World War

Best regards/Anders.


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Subject Written By Posted
info on squid? zach 02/09/2001 10:50PM
RE: info on squid? Anders Wingren 02/10/2001 12:01PM
RE: info on squid? Zach 02/10/2001 04:40PM
RE: info on squid? Tom Iwanski 02/10/2001 08:57PM
RE: info on squid? AndersWingren 02/10/2001 10:01PM
RE: info on squid? Ger Wallace 02/10/2001 10:06PM
RE: info on squid? Tom Iwanski 02/10/2001 10:17PM
RE: info on squid? Anders Wingren 02/10/2001 11:12PM
RE: info on squid? Roy Prince 02/11/2001 01:27AM
RE: info on squid? Steve Cooper 02/13/2001 02:54PM
RE: info on squid? Ron C 02/10/2001 11:31PM
RE: info on squid? Antonio Veiga 02/11/2001 03:17PM
RE: info on squid? Ron C 02/12/2001 06:36PM
RE: info on squid? Antonio Veiga 02/12/2001 11:35PM
RE: info on squid? Ron C 02/11/2001 04:23PM
Many thanks Tom Iwanski 02/11/2001 04:28PM
RE: Many thanks Rick Mann 02/12/2001 03:43PM


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