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In Japan, unofficially nicknamed "血の狩人" ("chi no kariyudo"), "Bloodhound". The torpedo had multiple generations which greatly improved its capabilities. The present entry mostly concerns Mod 5. In 1981, the United States government made overtures to approve the sale of the Mark 46 to allies, in order to deter the Soviet submarine threat.
The unit was classified as Shisei Gyorai M (Trial Torpedo M). A derivative of the Type 91 aerial torpedo design, the M-Type was designed to be delivered by a seaplane the design of which was not completed. In an effort to increase propulsive power of the torpedo's engine, a secondary fuel bottle fed a distributor geared to the engine shaft.
Torpedo work at the Kasumigaura air field continued until January 1923, which is when a final torpedo design without an explosive payload was tested on the new Mitsubishi B1M bomber, and finally implemented with a warhead the same year. The torpedo thus used was a modification of the Type 44, which lasted until 1931, whereupon it was gradually ...
Futlyar (Fizik-2) is a Russian deep-water homing torpedo tested by the Russian Navy in 2017; it entered service in the same year. Developed by the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Marine Engineering and produced by the Dagdizel Machine-Building Factory, it will replace the UGST (Fizik-1.)
The MU90 Impact is a Franco-Italian advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo of the third generation [3] developed for the French and Italian navies, as well as for export. It is designed to outperform the United States-built Mark 54 in and was developed in a special MU90 Hard Kill version for anti-torpedo defence. [2]
Instead of explosives, the exercise head has a tape recorder for logging a number of torpedo functions, communication with fire-control and hit indications. After each run, the recordings are analysed and torpedo and fire-control functions are checked. The Torped 45 is set to be replaced by the newer Torped 47 in Swedish Service fully 2024.
Torped 62 is a torpedo used by the Swedish Navy, possibly to be in-use until the mid-2040s. In the late 1980s, FFV (today Saab Dynamics AB), began to develop a replacement for the older Torped 613, the main heavy torpedo used by the Swedish navy. In 1991 the company was awarded a contract of 200 million SEK to complete development of the ...