Net cutter (submarine)

{{Short description|Submarine device used to cut nets}}

A submarine's net cutter is a device mounted on the bows of some naval submarines to cut through anti-submarine netting.{{cite web

| author = NAVY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

| title = German Submarines in Question and Answer

| url = http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/onipubno32.htm

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060820181157/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/onipubno32.htm

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = August 20, 2006

| accessdate = 2009-03-12

|date=June 1918

| publisher = WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

| quote = What is the characteristic appearance of a "U. B." boat? One gun only mounted close before the conning tower. Deck sloping down aft to the stern, where it is awash. A net cutter is mounted at the bow...}}

Some net cutters are powered by explosives.[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/n/notes-on-anti-submarine-defenses-oni-publication-no-8.html anti-submarine-defenses]US Navy