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The Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the United States Navy's lightweight anti-submarine warfare torpedo inventory and is the NATO standard. These aerial torpedoes are designed to attack high-performance submarines. In 1989, an improvement program for the Mod 5 to the Mod 5A and Mod 5A(S) increased its shallow-water performance.
The U.S. Navy uses the Mk44 Bushmaster II in the Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System (GWS). The GWS is produced by General Dynamics to give warships protection against small, high-speed surface craft. A Mk 46 turret consists of the 30 mm chain gun, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor, a low light television camera, and a laser rangefinder. The ...
Drop of a Mark 46 torpedo from a Sikorsky SH-3H during an exercise in 1987. Designed 1960, first deliveries and field testing in 1963, in service 1966 (USA). Initially available in Japan in 1981 (Mark 46 Mod 2), officially in Japanese service in 1984 (initially Mark 46 Mod 2, soon thereafter followed by Mod 5).
25 kn (46 km/h) Mark 21 Mod.2 ... Mk.28 Mod.2 550 lb (250 kg) HBX: Electric: 21–28 kn (39–52 km/h) for 4,000–12,000 yd (3,700–11,000 m) Mark 30 torpedo mine
ET-52C torpedoes mounted on the PNS Zulfiquar frigate. Picture taken during the ship's goodwill visit to Malaysia in August 2009. The ET52 is an export version of Yu-7. It shares most of the developmental heritage including the A244/S and the Mk 46 Mod 2, [3] but is most notably different in its mechanism of propulsion: a single propeller driven by electric power.
The designation Mark 46 can refer to: Mark 46 machine gun, lighter weight version of the M249 machine gun; Mark 46 nuclear bomb, also B46; Mark 46 torpedo;
Mk 16 Mod 4/5 (Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN; deck mount versions of the M3 and M24) M39A1/A2/A3 (Automatic Cannon, 20×102mm; based on the Mauser MG 213C Cannon) Mk 11 Mod 0/5 (Twin-Barrel Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN) Mk 12 Mod 0 (Automatic Cannon, 20×110mm USN) M195 (Rotary-Barreled Automatic Cannon, 20×102mm)
The Mk 48 Mod 0 is a variant of the Mk 46 Mod 0 rechambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. [65] It is officially classified as an LWMG (Light Weight Machine Gun) and was developed as a replacement for the Mk 43 Mod 0/1 (a variant of the M60 machine gun).