The problem with a depth charge is that the thrower is close to it when it goes off-not very nice if you use a nuke one!i was recently reading a book about ww2 asw and it compared how much explosive was needed to sink/damage a submarine.Towards the end of the war the allies were using ahead throwing weapons rather than depth charges.I think the statistics showed it needed ten times less explosive to damage a submarine using this type of weapon.(I will dig the book out later and get you all the exact figures)
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