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Was not the hedgehog placed in service late in 1941 and early 1942 (as opposed to 1943), the first one being on the HMS Westcott? Two references would be Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War and Sir Charles Goodeve's short biography. Jayman435 ( talk) 23:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Suggest use of a info box like the one inserted to the right (Not all info in the box is checked)--
Thorseth (
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09:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hedgehog | |
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Type | Anti-submarine Mortar |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 1942– 1943? |
Used by | Royal Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development |
Designed | 1942 |
Specifications | |
Shell | 65 lb (29 kg) |
Calibre | 7 in |
Barrels | 24 |
Effective firing range | 200 to 259 m |
Filling | 30 lb TNT or 35 lb (16 kg) Torpex |
Detonation mechanism | Contact |
I noticed on the English page for the Hedgehog that the description was in Spanish first, and then in English. After verifying that the pic was properly described on the Spanish page already ( http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erizo_%28arma%29), I removed the foreign language from the English page, where it should not have been in the first place. Deejaye6 ( talk) 02:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Following review of a recent change, I discovered that there appears to be some content which seemed to be copied from a website (see [1]). While the article is now not too heavily copied from the website, some changes to the articles such that the use of copyright materials be minimised might be appropriate.
— Andrew Y talk 10:51, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
You're wrong. Plain and simple, why?
Did you even bother to check your own source? Nah I didn't think so.
Oh look!
95% copy vio supposedly.
But a quick check of when the pages were posted: yes Aug 2014.
Here is the article as of August 1.
The poster obviously copied this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.173.149 ( talk) 00:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
A question for User:BilCat in keeping with the user's preference for discussion of edits to be conducted on the appropriate article talk page: Unless U-boat is the preferred British English term for submersible warships I suggest the term submarine is preferable in this context because the weapon was also used attacking Japanese submarines. Can you provide a British English reference supporting a preference for U-boat? Thewellman ( talk) 06:55, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
Looks like the infobox could be updated to include users other than the royal Canadian navy, and used from 1942-present? Destructomat ( talk) 03:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Parts of the article claim that a Hedgehog bomb "only explodes on contact" and that a miss of a submarine means there is no explosion. This idea is further offered as a reason that Hedgehog was superior to depth charges: it didn't 'foul' the acoustics of the water and render sonar/asdic inoperable in the same way. None of this has citations.
Unfortunately, other parts of the article, namely the caption for this image, claim that the bombs explode regardless upon hitting the ocean floor. Though the caption's claim is not apparent within the image's associated description, it is in fact explicitly made by the image's source, p. 4: "Moberly's hedgehog charges explode as they hit the ocean's floor" (emphasis mine).
I've flagged this inconsistency, but it needs clearing up.
Tofof ( talk) 04:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
“ | In addition, any explosion indicates a "hit" | ” |
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Was not the hedgehog placed in service late in 1941 and early 1942 (as opposed to 1943), the first one being on the HMS Westcott? Two references would be Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War and Sir Charles Goodeve's short biography. Jayman435 ( talk) 23:20, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
Suggest use of a info box like the one inserted to the right (Not all info in the box is checked)--
Thorseth (
talk)
09:22, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hedgehog | |
---|---|
Type | Anti-submarine Mortar |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 1942– 1943? |
Used by | Royal Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | Directorate of Miscellaneous Weapons Development |
Designed | 1942 |
Specifications | |
Shell | 65 lb (29 kg) |
Calibre | 7 in |
Barrels | 24 |
Effective firing range | 200 to 259 m |
Filling | 30 lb TNT or 35 lb (16 kg) Torpex |
Detonation mechanism | Contact |
I noticed on the English page for the Hedgehog that the description was in Spanish first, and then in English. After verifying that the pic was properly described on the Spanish page already ( http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erizo_%28arma%29), I removed the foreign language from the English page, where it should not have been in the first place. Deejaye6 ( talk) 02:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi,
Following review of a recent change, I discovered that there appears to be some content which seemed to be copied from a website (see [1]). While the article is now not too heavily copied from the website, some changes to the articles such that the use of copyright materials be minimised might be appropriate.
— Andrew Y talk 10:51, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
You're wrong. Plain and simple, why?
Did you even bother to check your own source? Nah I didn't think so.
Oh look!
95% copy vio supposedly.
But a quick check of when the pages were posted: yes Aug 2014.
Here is the article as of August 1.
The poster obviously copied this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.173.149 ( talk) 00:48, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
A question for User:BilCat in keeping with the user's preference for discussion of edits to be conducted on the appropriate article talk page: Unless U-boat is the preferred British English term for submersible warships I suggest the term submarine is preferable in this context because the weapon was also used attacking Japanese submarines. Can you provide a British English reference supporting a preference for U-boat? Thewellman ( talk) 06:55, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
Looks like the infobox could be updated to include users other than the royal Canadian navy, and used from 1942-present? Destructomat ( talk) 03:00, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
Parts of the article claim that a Hedgehog bomb "only explodes on contact" and that a miss of a submarine means there is no explosion. This idea is further offered as a reason that Hedgehog was superior to depth charges: it didn't 'foul' the acoustics of the water and render sonar/asdic inoperable in the same way. None of this has citations.
Unfortunately, other parts of the article, namely the caption for this image, claim that the bombs explode regardless upon hitting the ocean floor. Though the caption's claim is not apparent within the image's associated description, it is in fact explicitly made by the image's source, p. 4: "Moberly's hedgehog charges explode as they hit the ocean's floor" (emphasis mine).
I've flagged this inconsistency, but it needs clearing up.
Tofof ( talk) 04:21, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
“ | In addition, any explosion indicates a "hit" | ” |