Re: Question about British 3 inch Rockets?


"Rob Arndt" <teuton263@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"...for rocket launching the correct dive angle was 15degrees and the
ideal hit was to have them hit the water 150ft short of the target as
they were designed to level out 12feet below the surface. An ideal hit
on the hull of the ship would result with a 1ft square hole on entry
and if it made it to the other side the rocket would make a hole 2ft
square"

Is this accurate or BS?

I've heard a lot of myths concerning rockets and water strikes.

Rob


Sounds a little too clinical and those were unguided rockets on a purely
ballistic trajectory so talk about levelling out at 12 ft is hokum.

Here's what one Australian pilot wrote about his experiences

"Firing the rocket itself is quite a simple matter. It is really just aiming
the aircraft
at the target, and when you consider you are in correct range you fire the
rocket.
The actual results of your own rockets are rather hard to see because you
have to
break away so quickly. If you fly too close it is quite possible your
aircraft will be
hit by flying debris from the ships, but by photographs taken by other
aircraft and
your own you can usually see your results. "

"One chap fired eight rockets and got direct hits on the bow of a
minesweeper
and blew it completely off."

Keith


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