Deep charges from planes ???!!!

TarJak · 11-20-07, 05:56 PM

Some aircraft were armed with depth bombs:

Specifications (Sunderland III)

Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[14]
General characteristics

* Crew: 8—11 (two pilots, radio operator, navigator, engineer, bomb-aimer, three to five gunners)
* Length: 85 ft 4 in (26.0 m)
* Wingspan: 112 ft 9½ in (34.39 m)
* Height: 32 ft 10½ in (10 m)
* Wing area: 1,487 ft² (138 m²)
* Empty weight: 34,500 lb (15,663 kg)
* Loaded weight: 58,000 lb (26,332 kg)
* Powerplant: 4× Bristol Pegasus XVIII nine-cylinder radial engines, 1,065 hp (794 kW) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 210 mph (336 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,980 m)
* Cruise speed: 178 mph (285 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,525 m)
* Stall speed: 78 mph (125 km/h)
* Range: 1,780 mi (2,848 km)
* Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,880 m)
* Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.67 m/s)
* Wing loading: 39 lb/ft² (191 kg/m²)
* Power/mass: .018 hp/lb (.030 kW/kg)

Armament

* 8× 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns
* various munitions, including bombs and depth charges, carried internally and winched out beneath the wings

11-20-07, 05:56 PM	#2
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Some aircraft were armed with depth bombs: Specifications (Sunderland III) Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II[14] General characteristics * Crew: 8—11 (two pilots, radio operator, navigator, engineer, bomb-aimer, three to five gunners) * Length: 85 ft 4 in (26.0 m) * Wingspan: 112 ft 9½ in (34.39 m) * Height: 32 ft 10½ in (10 m) * Wing area: 1,487 ft² (138 m²) * Empty weight: 34,500 lb (15,663 kg) * Loaded weight: 58,000 lb (26,332 kg) * Powerplant: 4× Bristol Pegasus XVIII nine-cylinder radial engines, 1,065 hp (794 kW) each Performance * Maximum speed: 210 mph (336 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,980 m) * Cruise speed: 178 mph (285 km/h) at 5,000 ft (1,525 m) * Stall speed: 78 mph (125 km/h) * Range: 1,780 mi (2,848 km) * Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,880 m) * Rate of climb: 720 ft/min (3.67 m/s) * Wing loading: 39 lb/ft² (191 kg/m²) * Power/mass: .018 hp/lb (.030 kW/kg) Armament * 8× 0.303 inch (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns * various munitions, including bombs and depth charges, carried internally and winched out beneath the wings