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Squid

depth charge mortar
Class type of: anti-submarine weapon Q2165498
Squid
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Facts

9 properties
Instance of
artillery model
Inception
1942[9]
Follows
hedgehog[4]
Followed by
Limbo[5]
Subclass of
anti-submarine weapon[6]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[8]
Designed by
Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development[7]
Operator
Royal Navy, Swedish Navy[2][3]
Service entry
1943[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Squid fr Calmar id Squid (senjata) ja スキッド sv 30,5 cm augranatpjäs sv 30,5 cm augranatpjäs M/51 uk Squid (морська РСЗВ) zh 「槍烏賊」刺蝟炮發射器 zh 烏賊砲 zh 魷魚砲 zh-hans “枪乌贼”反潜发射器 zh-hant 「枪乌贼」反潜发射器 zh-hant 「枪乌贼」深水炸彈发射器
🔖 Identifiers · 2
BabelNet ID
00241605n
Freebase ID
/m/047mm8

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🔗 Connections
Operator 2
Royal Navy, Swedish Navy
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Designed by 1
Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
Followed by 1
Limbo
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Limbo
Follows 1
hedgehog
Subclass of 1
anti-submarine weapon
← Armament 1
Östergötland-class destroyer
← Cause of destruction 1
U-714
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Summary

Squid is an artillery model[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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