Mark 43 torpedo

Mark 43 torpedo
Mark 43 torpedo
	Mark 43 torpedo mounted on an AD Skyraider
Type	Antisubmarine torpedo
Place of origin	United States
Service history
In service	1951–57
Used by	United States Navy; Royal Navy
Production history
Designer	Brush Development Company; Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena
Designed	1950
Manufacturer	Brush Electronics Company
Produced	1951–59
No. built	5000
Variants	Mark 43 Mod 1; Mark 43 Mod 3
Specifications
Mass	265 pounds (Mod 3)
Length	91.5 inches
Diameter	10 inches
Effective firing range	4500 yards (Mod 3); (6-minute search duration)
Warhead	Mk 100, HBX (Mod 3)
Warhead weight	54 pounds (Mod 3)
Detonation; mechanism	Mk 19 Mod 13 contact exploder
Engine	Electric
Maximum speed	21 knots (Mod 3)
Guidance; system	Helix search
Launch; platform	Helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and surface ships

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"

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Jolie, E.W. (15 September 1978). "A Brief History of US Navy Torpedo Development: Torpedo Mk43". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b Kurak 1966, p. 145.
^ "Navy Builds Deadlier Anti-Sub Torpedo". Sarasota Journal. Lindsay Newspapers. January 16, 1958. p. 17.

Bibliography

Kurak, Steve (September 1966). "The U. S. Navy's Torpedo Inventory". United States Naval Institute Proceedings. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[joliehist-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Jolie, E.W. (15 September 1978). "A Brief History of US Navy Torpedo Development: Torpedo Mk43". Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[FOOTNOTEKurak1966145-2] Kurak 1966, p. 145.

[3] "Navy Builds Deadlier Anti-Sub Torpedo". Sarasota Journal. Lindsay Newspapers. January 16, 1958. p. 17.

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World War II	Mark 13 torpedo Mark 14 torpedo Mark 15 torpedo Mark 16 torpedo Mark 17 torpedo Mark 18 torpedo Mark 19 torpedo Mark 20 torpedo Mark 21 Mod 0 torpedo Mark 21 Mod 2 torpedo Mark 22 torpedo Mark 23 torpedo Mark 24 mine Mark 25 torpedo Mark 26 torpedo Mark 27 torpedo Mark 28 torpedo Mark 29 torpedo Mark 30 torpedo mine Mark 31 torpedo
Post-World War II	Mark 32 torpedo Mark 33 torpedo Mark 34 torpedo Mark 35 torpedo Mark 36 torpedo Mark 37 torpedo Mark 39 torpedo Mark 43 torpedo Mark 44 torpedo Mark 45 torpedo Mark 46 torpedo Mark 48 torpedo Mark 50 torpedo Mark 54 lightweight torpedo
Related topics	Bliss-Leavitt torpedo Schwartzkopff torpedo Whitehead torpedo
See also: American 18 inch torpedo, American 21 inch torpedo, Project Kingfisher, Mark 60 CAPTOR, RUR-5 ASROC, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, UUM-44 SUBROC, and UUM-125 Sea Lance

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