hedgehog

hedgehog is a anti-submarine mortar or artillery model.

Also recorded as Hedgehog (weapon); Anti-Submarine Projector; Hedgehog Anti-Submarine Projector.

Overview

It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 1942 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Catalogue entries for arms and armour state maker, marks, mechanism and, where relevant, licensing. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

1940s shipboard multi-barrel anti-submarine mortar weapon of British origin

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Hedgehog (weapon)”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q544226: hedgehog
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