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In World War I Russian ASW weapons and technology were primitive and ineffective with no enemy submarines being sunk by the Russian Navy with depth charges. There were no sonars or any acoustic detection devices in the navy and no effective ASW doctrine. | In World War I Russian ASW weapons and technology were primitive and ineffective with no enemy submarines being sunk by the Russian Navy with depth charges. There were no sonars or any acoustic detection devices in the navy and no effective ASW doctrine. | ||
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No Soviet ship had sonar until 1941 and most of them did not receive any until the middle of the war. However, only 5% of the ships lost by the Soviet Navy were from submarine attacks and hence ASW efforts were not as important to the Soviet Navy as to other nations. | No Soviet ship had sonar until 1941 and most of them did not receive any until the middle of the war. However, only 5% of the ships lost by the Soviet Navy were from submarine attacks and hence ASW efforts were not as important to the Soviet Navy as to other nations. | ||
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Revision as of 02:45, 11 May 2023
Contents
Description
The BM-1 small depth charge is a Soviet naval depth charge.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the depth charge.
Effective damage
Describe the type of damage produced by this type of depth charge
Comparison with analogues
Give a comparative description of depth charges that have firepower equal to this weapon.
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
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Pros:
Cons:
History
In World War I Russian ASW weapons and technology were primitive and ineffective with no enemy submarines being sunk by the Russian Navy with depth charges. There were no sonars or any acoustic detection devices in the navy and no effective ASW doctrine.
In World War II only 7 German submarines were sunk by depth charges although a grand total of 88,000 depth charges were expended (although many were used to destroy magnetic mines and not submarines).
No Soviet ship had sonar until 1941 and most of them did not receive any until the middle of the war. However, only 5% of the ships lost by the Soviet Navy were from submarine attacks and hence ASW efforts were not as important to the Soviet Navy as to other nations.
The BM-1 was the main light depth charge of the Soviet Navy in World War IIand the early Cold War, and could be deployed from a M-1 scoop rack.[1]
Media
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See also
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- reference to the article about the variant of the weapon;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
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- other literature.
Naval depth charges | |
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USA | Mk.6 · Mk.6 mortar · K-gun Mk.9 |
Germany | WBD · WBF · WBG |
Foreign: | BB-1 (USSR) · Mk.6 (USA) · Type 95 (Japan) |
USSR | BB-1 · BM-1 · MBU-600 mortar · RBM mortar |
Britain | Limbo mortar · Mk.10 Hedgehog mortar · Mk.VII · Y-gun Mk.VII |
Foreign: | Mk.6 mortar (USA) |
Japan | Type 3 · Type 95 |
Foreign: | Mk.6 mortar (USA) · Mk.9 (USA) · Mk.10 Hedgehog (Britain) |
Italy | B TG · B TG 100 · BAS · Mk.4 |
Foreign: | WBG (Germany) · Mk.10 Hedgehog (Britain) |
France | Guiraud |
Foreign: | Mk.VII (Britain) · Y-gun Mk.VII (Britain) |