anti-surface ship torpedo

  1. YourChair

    British postwar "improved anti-ship torpedoes in development"

    In Friedman's British Cruisers book, he mentions that in the postwar fleet modernization plan (around 1947), where upgrades were being considered for existing cruisers, that "cruisers would retain their torpedo tubes wherever possible, so that they could fire the improved anti-ship torpedoes...
  2. that_person

    USN Anti-Surface Torpedoes

    Navweaps (which I’m sure we’re all familiar with) lists something called the Mk-47 torpedo. It says the program was terminated in favor the Mk 48, so it probably ended sometime around the Mk 48 began development (1970). Furthermore, my 14th Edition of Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (1986)...
  3. Grey Havoc

    WWII USN Torpedo Scandal

    https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/ww2-navy-torpedo-problems-mk14?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3 https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/torpedo-scandal-rear-adm-charles-lockwood-the-mark-14-and-the-bureau-of-ordnance/...
  4. Grey Havoc

    AX-04: Last Torpedo Bomber development of the 20th Century?

    Could the IA-58 Pucará be classified as the last Torpedo Bomber, at least developmental wise, of the 20th Century? For those of you who are not familiar with it, AX-04 was a prototype of the IA 58 Pucará, modified during the Falklands War as part of a joint Air Force/Navy project hoping to...
  5. red admiral

    Pentane and Zonal Torpedoes

    Some pictures of the Pentane and Zonal Torpedoes designed by the RN postwar that are described in BSP4. The Zonal winged torpedo definitely looks _interesting_. Pictures from Museum of Naval Firepower in Gosport
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