Mark 50 torpedo
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| General Information | |
| Designation: | Mark 50 Barracuda |
| Country of origin: | United States |
| Manufacturer: | Honeywell |
| Draft: | 1972-1988 |
| Working time: | since 1981 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length: | 112 in (2.845 m) |
| Combat weight: | 750 pounds (340 kg) |
| Speed: | not publicly known, more than 40 kn |
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| Warhead: | 100 lbs. (45.3 kg) highly explosive designed as a shaped charge |
| Target location: | Sonar (active and passive) |
| Weapon platforms: |
Helicopters, ships and planes like the P-3 Orion |
| Lists on the subject | |
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The Torpedo Mark 50 is Honeywell's winning design in the United States' Lightweight ASW Torpedo tender for a lightweight, fast, anti- submarine torpedo. The weapon is intended for use against fast and deep diving targets with capabilities such as those possessed by the Soviet Alfa class . Naval helicopters and aircraft used for submarine hunts (examples: SH-60 Seahawk and P-3 Orion ) as well as surface ships with torpedo tubes can be equipped with the torpedo.
Web links
- USA Torpedoes since World War II. In: Navweaps.com. December 28, 2013, accessed August 29, 2015 .