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Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine rocket

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Bofors 375 mm anti-submarine rocket

The 375 mm ASW rocket family is an ahead-throwing anti-submarine rocket system developed by Bofors. The system has three types of launcher with either two, four, or six barrels, and entered service in the 1950s. Sweden used the four-barreled system on the Halland and Visby-class destroyers. France built the four-barrelled system under licence then developed the six-barrel system and used it on many classes of warship including T 47 and T 53-class destroyers and "A69" D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos (corvettes). Turkey uses it on the Burak-class corvettes which are all former A69 class corvettes, mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defense and ocean escort missions. The Netherlands used it in the Friesland-class destroyers.

Specifications

TypeSubmarine
OriginSweden
StatusIn service
Range3.62 km
Caliber375 mm

Operators

CountryQuantityConfidence
Indonesia—confirmed

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