A 184 (torpedo)
| A 184 (torpedo) | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Designation: | A 184 |
| Country of origin: | Italy |
| Manufacturer: | Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei , EuroTorp |
| Working time: | since 1974 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length: | 6 m |
| Diameter: | 533 mm |
| Combat weight: | 1265 kg |
| Drive: | Electric motor with silver oxide zinc battery |
| Speed: | 36 kn (66.67 km / h) |
| Range: | 13.5 nm (25 km) |
| Furnishing | |
| Warhead: | 250 kg, high explosive |
| Target location: | Wire steering and passive / active sonar |
| Lists on the subject | |
The A 184 is a 53.3 cm caliber torpedo for anti submarine and ship defense from the Italian manufacturer Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (WASS).
history
The original model Whitehead Motofides A 184 was developed in the 1970s and had two homing and steering systems. In the first phase of the attack, the torpedo is steered close to the target by wire. If the panoramic search head is active, the wires are cut and the search head begins the passive search. In the final phase, the torpedo actively searches and automatically increases the attack speed. Like most electrically powered torpedoes, the A 184 has a silver-zinc battery. As already described, the drive is set to two speeds. A slow one for the first part of the attack and a high one for the last, active phase of the attack. The Mediterranean proved to be difficult terrain for the A 184. As a result, the Italian engineers developed a smaller torpedo, the A244-S .
The A 184 can be used by submarines and surface vessels. It is now being produced in the third generation under the names Black Shark and A184 mod.3 and has been modernized accordingly.
Users
The A184 is the standard 533mm diameter torpedo in the Marina Militare .
literature
- Roberts Jackson: Submarines . Gondromverlag, Bindlach 2001, ISBN 3-8112-1874-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Black Shark , on the website of the manufacturer WASS (Italian)
- ↑ A184 mod.3 ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), on the website of the manufacturer WASS (Italian)