Is there a ‘standard’ height for dropping air launched torpedoes ?. Reason for asking is there seems to be a great deal of difference in height when you look at piccies taken during the war(WW2).
I would have thought that the higher the weapon was released, it would ‘nose dive’ more when hitting the water as opposed to a more shallow angle from a low launch height.
I am assuming that the air dropped variety could have settings such as depth, speed etc set prior to launch, or would it be set before take off ?.
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Cheers
Gary
By: Ross_McNeill - 9th February 2003 at 18:34
RE: Torpedoes.
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 09-02-03 AT 06:36 PM (GMT)]Hi,
The early war torpedo was the MkVII/VIII and could be set to run at either 29 or 35 kts. Ranges were 6000/4000 yards for the VII and 4000/2500 yards for the MkVIII.
Later the MkXII was 40kts for 1500 yards or (seldom) 27kts for 3500 yards.
Running depth (target dependent) and speed was set by the armourer before take off.
Height for drop was 75 feet +/- 15 feet.
Speed 140 kts +20kts -10kts
Level flight +/- 2.5 degrees
Beaufort units were told to plan 8 or 9 simultaneous drops to ensure one hit due to enemy evasive action or torpedoes not running hot.
Regards
Ross
By: KabirT - 9th February 2003 at 15:55
RE: Torpedoes.
standard height i think about 100ft…not sure.
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