UGST

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UGST
General Information
Designation: УГСТ
Country of origin: Russia
Working time: 2015 to today
Technical specifications
Length: 7.20 meters
Diameter: 533 millimeters
Combat weight: 1,980-2,200 kilograms
Drive: Water jet propulsion
Speed: 60 knots
Range: around 50,000 meters
Furnishing
Warhead: 300 kilograms highly explosive
Target location: Sonar (active / passive)
Steering: Cable steering or active sonar
Diving depth:

up to 500 meters

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The UGST ( Russian УГСТ for Универсальная глубоководная самонаводящаяся торпеда ) is a 533 mm torpedo that is used on submarines of the Russian Navy.

The weapon was developed by the State Naval Research Institute in Saint Petersburg and was first presented to the public in 2003. The torpedo has been in use since 2015. It can be used to attack surface ships and submarines.

construction

The torpedo is made up of modules that can be exchanged depending on the type of use. The cylindrical body of the 7.2 meter long weapon has a diameter of 533 mm and is driven by an axial piston pump via a water jet drive, which can accelerate it up to 50 knots . The energy source is liquid fuel , which provides enough energy to propel the 2.2 ton torpedo at depths of up to 500 meters on distances of up to 50,000 meters. Due to the way the sonar antenna works , the front part of the torpedo body has a flattened tip. It is followed by the other sensors and computer systems, the warhead filled with 300 kg of explosives, the propulsion systems, the water jet propulsion system and the remote control unit.

functionality

After the launch, the torpedo either follows the course transmitted via the control wires or pursues its target independently through active or passive search with its built-in sonar . Alternatively, it pursues goals via the wake search, in which it follows the turbulence generated by ships or submarines in their wake . When the target is reached, the explosive charge ignites either by a magneto or by an acoustic proximity detonator.

variants

  • UGST / Fisik: initial version, speed 50 knots , range 50 km.
  • UGST / Fisik-2 (Futlyar): Improved version from 2017. With new seeker head and new 19DT thermal turbine drive. Speed ​​65 knots, range 60 km.
  • UGST-M: export version
  • UGST NATO: export version for NATO torpedo tubes, with a reduced total length of the weapon to 6.1 meters, range, 40 km.
  • UGST-T: Training torpedo , with a counterweight instead of a warhead.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Peter Lobner: Marine Nuclear Power 1939–2018. 2018. p. 153.
  2. ^ A b c d Peter Lobner: Marine Nuclear Power 1939–2018. 2018. p. 159.

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