depth charges
Underwater antisubmarine weapons
Depth charges are explosive devices designed to detonate underwater at a preset depth, used primarily for attacking submarines.
Dropped from ships or aircraft, they sink and explode when water pressure triggers the fuse.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for delayed revelations or attacks: The interview contained depth charges that wouldn't detonate until the book was published.
Undersea warship from Germany
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
escort · Royal Navy · wolfpack · hedgehog · squid · mousetrap · Battle of the Atlantic · hunter-killer
Undersea warship from Germany
- periscopeAngled optical viewing tube
- conning towerSubmarine's raised control structure
- hullOuter covering or frame
- pressure hullWatertight vessel structure
diving · crash dive · evasive action · silent running · battery · diesel-electric · torpedo room · crew
Underwater detection by echoes
- hydrophoneSubmersible sound sensor
- pingBrief metallic tone
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
corvette · hedgehog · squid · mousetrap · attack pattern · search pattern · screening · hold-down
Protective melting wire
- armingProviding with weapons
- canisterSealed cylindrical container
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- TNTPowerful blasting compound
detonator · primer · firing pin · safety · pressure sensor · timer · deployment · launcher
Violent burst of energy
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
- overpressurePressure exceeding ambient levels
implosion · water column · pressure wave · cavitation · fragmentation · near miss · direct hit · bracketing
U-boat
Undersea warship from Germany
destroyer · escort · Royal Navy · wolfpack · hedgehog · squid · mousetrap · Battle of the Atlantic · hunter-killer · Enigma
U-boat
Undersea warship from Germany
- periscopeAngled optical viewing tube
- conning towerSubmarine's raised control structure
- hullOuter covering or frame
pressure hull · diving · crash dive · evasive action · silent running · battery · diesel-electric · torpedo room · crew · captain
sonar
Underwater detection by echoes
- hydrophoneSubmersible sound sensor
- pingBrief metallic tone
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
frigate · corvette · hedgehog · squid · mousetrap · attack pattern · search pattern · screening · hold-down · kill zone
fuse
Protective melting wire
TNT · detonator · primer · firing pin · safety · pressure sensor · timer · deployment · launcher · thrower
explosion
Violent burst of energy
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
overpressure · implosion · water column · pressure wave · cavitation · fragmentation · near miss · direct hit · bracketing
- naval gamesBattleship, fleet command, sea battle, naval warfare, sea battles
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- Munitionsbombs, missiles, bullets, ordnance, warheads
- naval dutiesanchor watch, battle stations, damage control, general quarters, guard duty
- naval equipmentaircraft carrier, aircraft carriers, carriers, battleship, battleships
depth chargesanti-aircraft guns
Weapons targeting airborne threats
surface-to-air missiles · flak · air defense systems · aerial bombs · naval mines
depth chargestorpedoes
Self-guided underwater explosives
submarine torpedoes · guided missiles · cruise missiles · smart bombs
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