Does anyone know if the triplines, when wound on the spools, were dipped in a light adhesive? This would cause movement of the munition, when the line was tugged, even if a deployment spool had not been fully unwound, due to obstruction by heavy undergrowrh, etc. Spring deployment could only be used with line, rather than explosively launched, as the line would break. Thus obstruction was more likely, which could account for test launchings revealing long lengths of wind snarled lines, without detonation. The wind would gently release the partially unwound thread, freeing it from the weak adhesive, without moving the sub. Illustrations sometimes show the deployment spool as having spring prongs, to prevent it being dragged along the ground by a tug. The usual drawings show no anchoring devices, perhaps because they were more likely to obstruct the spool when passing through dense grass. The Russians. on their similar version, used a spiked end plate attached to the thread, but then the dispensing spool was mounted in the munition, whereas the US device had the spool attached to the end cap, making it heavier, and less likely to be dragged. Any comments by the many experts?
Thanks,Sprockets.