Glossary For Operation White Out
Glossary For Operation White OutOperation White Out1MC—Ship’s announcing system.
1MCAIP—Air Independent Propulsion. A much less expensive alternative to nuclear propulsion for submarines. Uses Stirling engines and HP air or oxygen and fuel, or uses fuel cells. Can typically remain submerged for two weeks or more.
AIPAPS—Underwater fully automatic assault weapon. Fires twenty-six darts in full automatic—lethal range forty feet. Magazine holds twenty-six darts. Was made in the Soviet Union for use underwater by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm. It was developed in the late 1960s and accepted for use in 1975. Underwater, ordinary-shaped bullets are inaccurate and very short-range.
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