A Y gun may refer to: A type of Depth charge projector; A gun in the Y position of a war ship; in this context the term will normally be plural i.e. Y guns

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock. Most depth charges use high explosives with a fuze set to detonate the charge, typically at a specific depth from the surface.

This consists roughly of a Y-gun, which on firing by a single centrally located powder charge projects a depth charge to each beam of the ship. Thus, in addition to one or more depth charges dropped from the stern as the vessel is crossing the estimated location of the submarine, two depth charges may be thrown to the sides and thus enlarge the ...

The meaning of Y-GUN is an antisubmarine gun having two barrels that form a fork to permit the simultaneous firing of depth charges on each side of the ship on which the gun is mounted.

YGUN is equipped with a novel futuristic technology that is not used in any other weapon. It is fully customizable and comes in variety of designs and power levels, adjusted to the use case of the gun, from sport shooting to military.

2011年2月24日 · We are often been asked to explain what a Y gun is. As a Beretta dealer it's a great way for us to get some special guns to sell, or use as demos. A Beretta Y gun is a gun purchased from Beretta (usually by a dealer) and that gun has a special story. Sometimes it is simply a gun used by Beretta as a demo.

2019年11月9日 · The lighter, more easily loaded, single-action K-gun, standardized by the U.S. Navy in 1942, replaced the Y-gun as the primary depth charge projector for the Second World War.

Double barrels allowed the Y-Gun to fire two charges at once, increasing the probability that a sub would be hit. Both charges could be launched to a minimum of 50 yards away from the ship and could be shot even further depending on the weight of the charge.

2020年5月21日 · The letter explained that the Y was a requirement of the 1968 Gun Control Act. This gun falls into the approximately 500 receivers and parts they sent to the custom when m12's were discontinued as a production gun.

Title: "Y-gun" depth-charge projector. Caption: Chief about to pull the firing lanyard of a Y-gun, aboard a U.S. Navy ship, during World War I. Catalog #: NH 52676.