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Platapus · 09-02-10, 06:37 PM

Sergei is correct. At the start of the war, the Mk 10 had a tendency to run about 4 feet deeper, but this was discovered and corrected in 1942. The Mk-10 also used the Mk-3 contact exploder which was a little bit more reliable than the Mk-5 Contact exploder.

What always confused me is that if the BurOrd could recognize the depth problems with the MK-10, why didn't they test the MK-14 until later in the war?

09-02-10, 06:37 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,395 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Sergei is correct. At the start of the war, the Mk 10 had a tendency to run about 4 feet deeper, but this was discovered and corrected in 1942. The Mk-10 also used the Mk-3 contact exploder which was a little bit more reliable than the Mk-5 Contact exploder. What always confused me is that if the BurOrd could recognize the depth problems with the MK-10, why didn't they test the MK-14 until later in the war? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.