Chen-2 bottom mine

The Sinking-2 (Chinese: 沉-2, Transliteration: Chen-2) bottom mine was the first indigenous designed Chinese naval mine that could adopt a range of fuzes, such as acoustic, contact, infrasonic, ultrasonic and magnetic fuzes.

Developers

The project was jointly developed by Fengxi Machinery Factory (Chinese: 汾西机器厂) and the 710th Research Institute in 1972, and was mainly used for coastal regions.

Service

The mine was accepted into service in 1975.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.