From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 15:22:52 MST
Thanks for digging. I agree that a mortar round is technically a "missile",
but it's not the image I got from your initial post. Interesting stuff.
MMB
On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 13:19:17 -0800, spike66 <spike66@attbi.com> wrote:
> Michael M. Butler wrote:
>> spike66 wrote:
>>
>>> from a submerged U-boat, fly to a distant target and
>>> hit with great accuracy, way back in 1943.
>>
>> Cite, please? Did they actually develop this or just design it?
>
> Mike the only source I actually have at my house
> has only one paragraph on the topic with no detail.
> "....The proposal involved
> installing mortar tubes on the deck of a U-boat and
> firing mortars at land based targets, while the tubes
> were submerged. The proposal had, in fact, been
> implemented and actual test firings taken place
> in 1943 with an encouraging amount of success."
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