Type 65 torpedo
| Type 65 torpedo | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Manufacturer: | Gidropribor |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length: | 11 meters |
| Diameter: | 650 millimeters |
| Combat weight: | more than 4000 kilograms |
| Drive: | Gas turbine with a kerosene - hydrogen peroxide mixture |
| Range: | 50,000 meters at 50 kn |
| Furnishing | |
| Warhead: | 450 kilograms of highly explosive explosives |
| Lists on the subject | |
The torpedo from the Type 65 in his version 65-76 Kit ( Russian Кит for Wal) with a conventional warhead is a standard weapon of Russian submarines to over-water units. The primary targets are large combat ships such as aircraft carriers, which the torpedo is designed to detect and attack through its system for detecting and tracking wake currents. In contrast to the usual standard diameter of 533 mm, it is an enlarged torpedo with a diameter of 650 mm, which is only used in this type by Russia. The torpedo is part of the standard equipment of the newer submarines, the launch tubes of which are often equipped with conversion rails in order to be able to use the older Type 53 torpedoes .
It is believed that the explosion of the fuel from such a torpedo caused the sinking of the Kursk .
variants
- 65-73 : Introduced in 1973, length 9.14 m, unguided torpedo with a 20 kt nuclear warhead .
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65-76 : Kit (Кит - Wal) introduced in 1976, steered by wake sensors or wire steering.
- 65-76A (DT) : Introduced in 1991, length 11 m, weight 4,500 kg, warhead 450 kg, range 100 km.
- DST92 : length 11 m, weight 4,750 kg, warhead 557 kg. The torpedo moves to a maximum depth of 20 m and functions as a surface search torpedo that steers zigzag courses in order to find the wake of surface vessels and then to follow it.
swell
- Navweaps.com: Russia / USSR Torpedoes Post-World War II ( en ) November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Lobner: Marine Nuclear Power 1939-2018. Lyncean Group, 2018. p. 155.