World War II submarines were some of the most feared and effective weapons of the war. Operating mostly in stealth, these ...

The view of the deck gun of the Italian submarine Jantina that was sunk during World War II by the British submarine HMS Torbay, south of the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea, Greece, November ...

In 1914, Germany began producing Type U 19 submarines (pictured), which were some of history's most significant military submarines.Boats of this type featured between one and two deck guns and ...

In 1916, the Committee on Submarine Development chose to mount 12-inch guns — battleship guns — on submarines. The exact military requirements for such a weapon shifted as the concept developed.

The wreck of Royal Navy submarine HMS Urge has been discovered 77 years after it vanished in the Mediterranean during ... as well as its 12-pounder deck gun. The wreck is sitting at a depth of ...

The submarine could go only 20 feet deep underwater. Propulsion relied on two hand-cranked screw propellers: one vertical and one horizontal. This was an innovation decades ahead of its time.

The submarine was also armed with a 140 mm deck gun, six torpedo tubes, and three 28 mm anti-aircraft guns. The Aichi M6A was a noted departure from previous submarine-launched aircraft.

I've seen Pom-Pom anti-air, I've seen submarine deck guns in town squares. I live near a genuine M60 tank on display at an American Legion hall. How about you?

The subs were 355 feet long, had 83-pound shells for their 5.5-inch caliber deck guns, carried up to 18 torpedoes, were staffed with about 100 men, and had a surface speed of 23.5 m.p.h.

Submarine that went missing on secret World War II mission found after 20-year search. ... The deck gun on HMS Triumph remained intact in this photo from the wreck. (K.