look at what the net dragged in

Oberon · 03-02-17, 05:59 AM

Composition H6 is Allied I think, Aussie made, mainly used for naval weapons, but also now used in more than a few US bombs. 200kg is around 450lbs, but it doesn't look a lot like the 450lb depth charge bombs we used which were basically a depth charge from a destroyer with a nose cone and tail fin on it.

You know, I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here, and say that that might actually not be a WWII bomb but instead a Mk83 GP bomb, which is more Vietnam war era. It's got the look of a Mk 83 without the fins, and the filling charge of the Mk 83 is around 202kg of Tritonal, Minol or Composition H6.

The degradation of the exterior of the bomb could well have taken place since the 1960s, you can see a similar device here:
https://news.vice.com/article/joinin...sposal-mission

Although usually the tail fins on the Mk 80 series tend to survive, but I guess being knocked around on the sea bed might have knocked them off.

Just a hunch.

03-02-17, 05:59 AM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Composition H6 is Allied I think, Aussie made, mainly used for naval weapons, but also now used in more than a few US bombs. 200kg is around 450lbs, but it doesn't look a lot like the 450lb depth charge bombs we used which were basically a depth charge from a destroyer with a nose cone and tail fin on it. You know, I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here, and say that that might actually not be a WWII bomb but instead a Mk83 GP bomb, which is more Vietnam war era. It's got the look of a Mk 83 without the fins, and the filling charge of the Mk 83 is around 202kg of Tritonal, Minol or Composition H6. The degradation of the exterior of the bomb could well have taken place since the 1960s, you can see a similar device here: https://news.vice.com/article/joinin...sposal-mission Although usually the tail fins on the Mk 80 series tend to survive, but I guess being knocked around on the sea bed might have knocked them off. Just a hunch.