From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 17:06:19 MST
I have to state that this mortar device is not German in origin, but
American/Irish. The inventor of the modern submarine, an Irish
immigrant by the name of Holland, developed a steam/air driven
artillery system for his submarines. While he developed his subs for
the US Navy, his dream was to build these subs for the IRA and attack
British military ships in Irish harbors.
This system was tested by the US Navy and found to be accurate to
ranges of several thousand yards.
--- "Michael M. Butler" <mmb@spies.com> wrote:
> 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."
>
>
=====
Mike Lorrey
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