Russia / USSR - naval aviation and armaments
RUSSIA / USSR - ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS
depth charges
|
Type |
Year |
Mass, kg |
Type and mass of explosive, kg |
Sinking speed, m/s |
Maximal depth setting, m |
Type of piston |
| Vickers 4VB | 1917 | 163 | TNT - 115 | 2.3 | 49 | hydrostatic |
| Vickers 4VM | 1917 | 22 | TNT - 16 | 1.8 | 24 | hydrostatic |
| B-1 | 1928 | 165 | TNT - 135 | 2.5 | 100 | time, later hydrostatic |
| M-1 | 1928 | 36 | TNT - 25 | 2.2 | 100 | time, later hydrostatic |
DC racks
|
Type |
Year |
Number of DCs |
Type of DCs |
DC throwers
|
Type |
Year |
Fire range, km |
Fire depth, m |
Explosive type and mass, kg |
DC mass, kg |
Number and caliber of bores, mm |
| BMB-1 | 1930 | 0.12 | 90 | TNT - 135 | 165 | 1 x 241 |
| Mk 6 (K-gun) | 1944 | 0.14 | 90 later 300 | TNT - 136 later torpex 91 | 191 | 1 x 241 |
| Mk 10 Hedgehog | 1944 | 0.26 | 180 | torpex - 15.9 | 29.5 | 24 x 178 |
| Mk 11 Hedgehog | 1944 | 0.24 | 180 | torpex - 15.9 | 29.5 | 24 x 178 |
| Mk 20 Mousetrap | 1944 | 0.26 | 180 | torpex - 15.9 | 29.5 | 4 x 178 |
| Mk 22 Mousetrap | 1944 | 0.27 | 180 | torpex - 15.9 | 29.5 | 8 x 178 |
| RBM | 1945 | 0.26 | 210 or 330 | 25 | 56.0 | 4 x 250 |
| BMB-2 | 1951 | 0.12 | 330 | 135 or 96 | 160 or 138 | 1 x 430 |
| RBU-1200 | 1954 | 1.45 | 330 | 32 | 71.5 | 5 x 252 |
| RBU-2500 | 1957 | 2.80 | 330 | 26 | 85.0 | 16 x 213 |
© Ivan Gogin, 2009