K-gun Mk.9 depth charge

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Mk.9 depth charge launched from starboard K-gun on the aft of SC-497

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

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Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

Compared to its peers, Mk.6 has one of the largest explosive fillers and heaviest mass. It's launched off sides of the vessel.

Name Country
of origin
Mass (kg) Explosive
type
Explosive mass
(kg)
TNT equivalent
(kg)
7.2 in T37 USA flag.png 29 Torpex 15.9 25.44
B TG Italy flag.png 63 TNT 50 50
B TG 100 Italy flag.png 126 TNT 100 100
BAS Italy flag.png 160 Torpex 70 112
BB-1 USSR flag.png 165 TNT 130 130
BM-1 USSR flag.png 45 TNT 25 25
Guiraud France flag.png 176 TNT 130 130
K-gun Mk.9 USA flag.png 190 TNT 136 136
Limbo mortar Britain flag.png 177 Minol 94 108.1
Mk.10 Hedgehog mortar Britain flag.png 29 Torpex 15.9 25.44
Mk.4 USA flag.png 160 Minol 94 108.1
Mk.6 USA flag.png 190 TNT 136 136
Mk.6 mortar USA flag.png 190 TNT 136 136
Mk.9 USA flag.png 190 TNT 136 136
Mk.VII Britain flag.png 196 TNT 130 130
RBM mortar USSR flag.png 160 Amatol 70.8 70.8
Type 3 Japan flag.png 50 Type 88 20 26
Type 95 Japan flag.png 160 Amatol 100 100
WBD Germany flag.png 196 Amatol 130 130
WBF Germany flag.png 139 Amatol 60 60
WBG Germany flag.png 160 Amatol 100 100
Y-gun Mk.VII Britain flag.png 196 TNT 130 130

Usage in battles

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Detailed view of the depth charge captured in-flight

Pros and cons

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History

The K-gun Mark 9 was a prototype method for a depth charge launcher that was based on testing that began in World War I. The K-gun was an improved version of the Y-gun tested during World War I and adopted after the war ended. The K-gun Mark 6 had already replaced the Y-gun as the principal depth charge launcher in 1942. The Mark 6 used a design with an arbor fitted inside the projector to hold the depth charge in place and detached after both were launched as a unit overboard. In 1944, the United States Navy tested a slight upgrade to the K-gun the Mark 9. The most significant change was the inclusion of a built-in arbor and cradle. The cradle and arbor helped reduce weight. Tested on the USS Asheville, the program was canceled on the grounds that the weight reduction was marginal and not enough to justify replacing the existing K-gun Mark 6s.

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See also

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Naval depth charges
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)