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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Torpedoes
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Date: 29 May 91 16:25:26 GMT
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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim)


buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:
>Are modern torpedos available in a specialized type for this kind of
>armor-piercing role, in the same way that tanks carry rounds
>specifically designed to penetrate the armor of other tanks?  

As other posters have mentioned, most modern anti-ship or heavy ASW
torpedoes do not rely on armor piercing designs. However, in recent
years, some HEAT warhead light ASW torpedo designs have appeared (eg
Mk50 Barracuda). Apparently, these designs were in response to concerns
in the West that light ASW torpedoes may not be able to take out some
of the more modern Soviet submarine designs, which may have
exceptionally strong hulls (for very deep operating depths) and large
standoff gaps between outer and inner hulls. For example, in the Oscar
class SSGN, there is a very large space between inner and outer hulls
used to mount its cruise missile cannisters.

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