depth charge

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İngilizce - Türkçe
derinlik bombası
sualtı bombası
(Askeri) su bombası
(Askeri) SU BOMBASI: Bak. "depth bomb"
İngilizce - İngilizce
depth bomb, underwater anti-submarine explosive device designed to detonate at a a certain depth
a bomb that explodes at a pre-set depth under water; anti-submarine device
A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines. A charge designed for detonation at a preset depth under water, used especially against submarines. Also called depth bomb. a bomb that explodes at a particular depth under water. or depth bomb Weapon used by ships or aircraft to attack submerged submarines. Developed by the British in World War I for use against German submarines, it consisted of a canister filled with explosives and dropped off the stern of a ship near a submerged submarine. It rarely exploded close enough to sink the submarine, but its shock waves loosened the submarine's joints and damaged its instruments, forcing it to the surface, where naval gunfire could finish it off. Modern depth charges can be fired as far as 2,000 yards (1,800 m) from a ship's deck or launched from aircraft. Atomic depth charges have a nuclear warhead and a vastly increased killing radius
depth charge