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The Mark 27 torpedo was the first of the United States Navy 19-inch (48-cm) submarine-launched torpedoes. [2] This electrically-propelled torpedo was 125 inches (3.175 m) long and weighed 1174 pounds (534 kg). [2] The torpedo employed a passive acoustic guidance system and was intended for both submarine and surface targets. [2]
The Eghraaq is reportedly designed by the Maritime Technologies Complex as a low cost alternative to similar systems like the American Mark 54.Its existence had been briefly mentioned in past product roadmaps presented by GIDS where it had resolved to develop an advanced torpedo of lightweight category which would have an operating depth of 450m along with range of 6-7km and a maximum speed of ...
The Mark 23 torpedo was a submarine-launched anti-surface ship torpedo designed and built by the Naval Torpedo Station for the United States Navy in World War II. It was essentially a Mark 14 torpedo , modified via the removal of its low-speed, long-range setting, leaving the high-speed, short-range feature in place.
A Mark 46 dummy torpedo (left) exhibited alongside a Type 97 torpedo (right) at Tateyama Air Base. 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).
The Black Scorpion is a miniature active-sonar homing torpedo developed from the A200 LCAW, which in turn was originally developed to assist in the classification of targets. In order to deal with a potentially hostile submarine target, either a depth charge or a torpedo would be launched at it, either to kill it or cause it to flee, thus ...
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The torpedo could be set for both straight or patterned running. [2] After World War II, the Mod 0 and Mod 1 variants were developed into a common torpedo. Designed to keep the longer range from Mod 1 and larger warhead of Mod 0, this upgrade was called the Mark 16 Mod 8 and incorporated a 1,260 pound HBX (7,552 J/g) warhead in the place of the ...
The Mark 37 torpedo is a torpedo with electrical propulsion, developed for the US Navy after World War II. It entered service with the US Navy in the early 1950s, with over 3,300 produced. It was phased out of service with the US Navy during the 1970s, and the stockpiles were sold to foreign navies.