Mark 43 torpedo | |
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AD Skyraider | |
Type | Antisubmarine torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1951–57 [1] |
Used by |
United States Navy Royal Navy |
Production history | |
Designer |
Brush Development Company
[1] Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena |
Designed | 1950 [1] |
Manufacturer | Brush Electronics Company [1] |
Produced | 1951–59 |
No. built | 5000 [1] |
Variants | Mark 43 Mod 1
[1] Mark 43 Mod 3 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 265 pounds (Mod 3) [1] |
Length | 91.5 inches [1] |
Diameter | 10 inches [1] |
Effective firing range | 4500 yards (Mod 3)
[1] (6-minute search duration) |
Warhead | Mk 100, HBX (Mod 3) [1] |
Warhead weight | 54 pounds (Mod 3) [1] |
Detonation mechanism | Mk 19 Mod 13 contact exploder [1] |
Engine | Electric [1] |
Maximum speed | 21 knots (Mod 3) [1] |
Guidance system | Helix search [1] |
Launch platform | Helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and surface ships [1] |
The 10" Mark 43 torpedo was the first and smallest of the United States Navy light-weight anti-submarine torpedoes. This electrically propelled 10-inch (25-cm) torpedo was 92 inches (2.3 m) long and weighed 265 pounds (120 kg). [2] Described as "a submersible guided missile", [3] the torpedo was designed for air or surface launch. The Mod 0 configuration was designed for launch from helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft, and the Mod 1 configuration was for helicopters only. Both were electrically driven and deep-diving, but had relatively short range. They were classified as obsolete in the 1960s. [2]
The Royal Navy purchased fifty examples of the Mark 43 in favour of an improved version of their 18 inch Mark 30 "Dealer B"
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![]() Mark 43 torpedo mounted on an
AD Skyraider | |
Type | Antisubmarine torpedo [1] |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1951–57 [1] |
Used by |
United States Navy Royal Navy |
Production history | |
Designer |
Brush Development Company
[1] Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena |
Designed | 1950 [1] |
Manufacturer | Brush Electronics Company [1] |
Produced | 1951–59 |
No. built | 5000 [1] |
Variants | Mark 43 Mod 1
[1] Mark 43 Mod 3 [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 265 pounds (Mod 3) [1] |
Length | 91.5 inches [1] |
Diameter | 10 inches [1] |
Effective firing range | 4500 yards (Mod 3)
[1] (6-minute search duration) |
Warhead | Mk 100, HBX (Mod 3) [1] |
Warhead weight | 54 pounds (Mod 3) [1] |
Detonation mechanism | Mk 19 Mod 13 contact exploder [1] |
Engine | Electric [1] |
Maximum speed | 21 knots (Mod 3) [1] |
Guidance system | Helix search [1] |
Launch platform | Helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and surface ships [1] |
The 10" Mark 43 torpedo was the first and smallest of the United States Navy light-weight anti-submarine torpedoes. This electrically propelled 10-inch (25-cm) torpedo was 92 inches (2.3 m) long and weighed 265 pounds (120 kg). [2] Described as "a submersible guided missile", [3] the torpedo was designed for air or surface launch. The Mod 0 configuration was designed for launch from helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft, and the Mod 1 configuration was for helicopters only. Both were electrically driven and deep-diving, but had relatively short range. They were classified as obsolete in the 1960s. [2]
The Royal Navy purchased fifty examples of the Mark 43 in favour of an improved version of their 18 inch Mark 30 "Dealer B"
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