Anti-submarine rocket

For the American anti-submarine weapon, see RUR-5 ASROC. Not to be confused with Anti-submarine missile.

Anti-submarine rockets and anti-submarine mortars are anti-submarine weapons deployed on surface warships for the purpose of sinking or damaging submarines by small explosive charges.

Anti-submarine rockets are similar to anti-submarine mortar but a comparably more modern system, as it used rockets instead of spigot mortars to deliver the explosive. The homing torpedo and anti-submarine rocket largely replaced the anti-submarine mortar in naval combat. The British Limbo system, with three gyro-stabilized barrels, fires 350-pound (160 kg) projectiles to a range of 1,000 yards (910 m). It remained in service with many British and Commonwealth navies until the 1980s. The Italian Menon system, introduced in 1956, was used until their retirement in the 1980s. The Elma ASW-600 anti-submarine mortar, developed by Sweden in the 1980s, is the latest weapon of the type and is still in limited use.

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