The US successfully developed a submunition of 60m underwater

An American company has successfully developed a 60-meter range submunition underwater.

DSG's Chief Technology Officer, Jon Andre Garberg, said the bullets they developed could fly under water rather than swim.

According to Defensetech, the US military has learned about special 5.56mm, 7.62mm and 0.50mm rounds manufactured by the company. Jeremy Hankins, an associate engineer at the US Navy Surface Warfare Center, said: "We have completed some tests, some of them successful."

Garberg did not want to share the price, but he said the 0.5mm cartridge was accurate and effective to 60 meters under water. All bullets produced by the company can be fired from underwater into the air.

The advantages of bullets produced by DSGs compared to standard bullets are that they do not bounce off the water when fired at underwater targets, so it does not jeopardize other ships. "Noticing a threat is not difficult," Garberg says, with advanced tracking devices on US naval vessels, whether the threat is a diver or a UUV. .

The solution to such a threat today is to use a weapon such as a 30mm cannon. Garberg added: "Why shoot 30mm guns while you can use 0.5 bullets?"