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Air-dropped depth charges versus Hedgehog and Squid

Aircraft routinely used depth charges, while equivalent Hedgehog or Squid adaptations remain uncertain.

Question

Could Hedgehog or Squid projectiles work as air-dropped anti-submarine bombs?

Short answer

Ordinary depth charges certainly did; he is not aware of Hedgehog or Squid projectiles being used that way.

Notes

Aircraft routinely carried depth charges and used the largest weapons their airframes could support. Those bombs were proven anti-submarine tools. Hedgehog and Squid projectiles belonged to shipboard mortar systems with different launch arrangements. No equivalent air-delivered use is recalled, so the answer distinguishes a known aerial weapon from a speculative adaptation.