Most depth charges use high explosives with a fuze set to detonate the charge, typically at a specific depth from the surface. Depth charges can be...
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Boilermaker (beer cocktail) (redirect from Depth Charge (cocktail))
glass is dropped into the beer glass, the drink can also be known as a depth charge. Other pairings of a shot and a beer are possible; traditional pairings...
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Depth charge may refer to: Depth charge, an anti-submarine weapon fused to go off at a certain depth Depth charge (cocktail), a cocktail made by dropping...
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A nuclear depth bomb is the nuclear equivalent of a conventional depth charge, and can be used in anti-submarine warfare for attacking submerged submarines...
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beginning with Depth All pages with titles containing Depth Altitude, height, and depth (ISO definitions) Altitude Depth charge (disambiguation) Depth perception...
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Depth Charge (1941–1965) was a Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture who went on to become an outstanding sire of American Quarter Horse racehorses. He was...
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Bomb shot (redirect from Depth charge (cocktail))
Look up chug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bomb shot, depth charge, or drop shot (Canada) is a kind of mixed drink. A drink in a small glass (typically...
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The Mark VII depth charge was the standard British depth charge for the first three years of World War II The Mark VII depth charge most likely has its...
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List of Beast Wars characters (redirect from Depth Charge (Transformers))
Rampage, who had killed everyone in the colony Depth Charge had been assigned to protect. Depth Charge captured Rampage and brought him in. Believing...
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Depth Charge is a 1960 British drama film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Alex McCrindle, David Orr and Elliot Playfair. It was a B Film, shot...
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List of coffee drinks (redirect from Depth Charge (coffee))
chains may have their own names, such as turbo at Dunkin' Donuts. and depth charge – a federally registered trademark of Caribou Coffee. At Starbucks, a...
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deadly than depth charges, which relied on damage caused by hydrostatic shockwaves. During World War II out of 5,174 British depth charge attacks there...
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RUR-5 ASROC (section W44 nuclear depth charge)
range. RAT-C was developed as a stand-off ASW weapon that used a nuclear depth charge. This required a range of at least 8,000 yards (7,300 m) to escape potential...
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Anti-submarine weapon (section Depth charge)
depth charge attack. As the Battle of the Atlantic wore on, British and Commonwealth forces in particular proved particularly adept at depth charge tactics...
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their charges; a similar idea was a 16 lb (7.3 kg) guncotton charge in a lanyarded can; two of these lashed together became known as the Depth Charge Type...
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Jonathan Saul Kane (section Depth Charge)
English DJ, musician who has released recorded material since 1987 as Depth Charge and The Octagon Man, amongst other noms de disc. He is also the owner...
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Depth Charge is an action video game for the Apple II programmed by Chris Oberth and published by The Elektrik Keyboard of Chicago, Illinois in 1978. A...
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Two depth charge launchers Four Thornycroft depth charge throwers From 1955: Four 100 mm guns (4x1) Eight 37 mm AA cannons (4x2) One depth charge launcher...
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anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced the Hedgehog system, and was in turn replaced by the Limbo...
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more room for the depth charge tracks. Anti-submarine (ASW) armament was added during or after construction. Typically, two depth charge tracks were provided...
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a depth charge had to explode within about 20 ft (6.1 m). Since early ASDIC equipment was poor at determining depth, it was usual to vary the depth settings...
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Allied convoy, the German U-boat U-571 has her engines badly damaged by depth charges from a British destroyer, with all of their engineers and mechanics...
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of the RBU-6000 system, firing the 90R rocket, which releases a 90SG depth charge that is actively guided in the water. This allows it to home in on targets...
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payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt nuclear depth bomb. The RPK-2 uses a 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533 mm version, and...
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Mk 101 Lulu (redirect from Mk101 Lulu nuclear depth charge)
The Mark 101 Lulu was an airdropped nuclear depth charge developed by the United States Navy and the Atomic Energy Commission during the 1950s. It carried...
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the Mississippi River is designed to cope with the annual change in river depth, which can be up to forty feet. Half the year, she floats as the river rises;...
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started with two depth charge racks aft. Photographs show that these were augmented during World War II by four K-gun depth charge throwers. From their...
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stern, next to the depth charge racks. The ships were fitted with two racks, each holding eight 600-pound (270 kg) depth charges and adjacent to them...
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USS Finnegan on 26 February. After an initial hedgehog and depth charge run a final depth charge run was commenced and shortly after small explosions and...
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off Honolulu for the remainder of 1941 and into 1942, conducting many depth charge attacks on suspected submarines in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack...
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