Sea fox (drone)

Seefuchs underwater drone at the 2017 marine exhibition in Eckernförde

Seefuchs is the name of an underwater drone used by the German Navy .

The drone is used to track down and blow up sea mines . The torpedo-shaped device is controlled by a fiber optic cable. The device has its own close-range sonar and a built-in video camera, with which an optical identification of found objects should be possible. The Seefuchs type drone is designed as a “disposable drone” and has an explosive charge with 1.4 kg of TNT, with which mines are blown up.

The drone Seefuchs is used in combination with the on-board sonar on the mine hunting boot of the classes 333 used and 352nd

Web links

60 seconds Bundeswehr: Mine-hunting drone Seefuchs ( YouTube video, April 20, 2020)

Individual evidence

↑ Searching for mines explained easily. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
↑ minehunter KULMBACH class. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .

[1] Searching for mines explained easily. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .

[2] minehunter KULMBACH class. Retrieved August 15, 2017 .