Re: OT: Battleships vs. Carriers...

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> Imre A. Szabo wrote:
>
> >One quick note on range.  DARPA (Defense Advanced Research
> >Projects Agency) developed 11" sub-caliber rounds for 16" guns in the
> >late 1980's.  They had a range of   100 nm and delievered 248 M46
> >submunitions.  They were also GPS/IMU guided.
>
> Which ones are the M46s - are they the small scatterable ones, or the
> ones used in SADARM (or was it SMArt)? The early date and the number
of
> sublets suggest scatterables, but I always confuse the designation of
> those two :-(

M46 submunitions are anti-personel.  They were working on a version with
BATS for anti-tank use.

IAS