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Re: Stealth and Countermeasures...

From: Alan E and Carmel J Brain <aebrain@d...>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 15:08:10 +1000
Subject: Re: Stealth and Countermeasures...

Ryan M Gill wrote:

> The New Aussie/Kiwi under the keel detonating torps are also quite
nasty.

Under-the-keel is now the standard, rather than the exception. It would
have been as early as 1940, but no-one got the technology right. Pretty
much everyone knows about the sad story of the US torpedos. But less
well known is that German torpedos in 1940 had an equally poor
performance - 0 detonations using the magnetic pistol. The UK air attack
on Bismark was preceeded by a Blue-on-Blue vs HMS Sheffield, where the
magnetic pistols didn't fire (and so were replaced by contacts).

The Mk 8*** used on Belgrano had both Magnetic and contact options. The
commander chose Contact due to it's 99%+ reliability. The Mk 8
originally saw service in the 40s too. The Mk *** indicates 3 major mods
since then.

Also, to give credit where it's due, the RAN uses the US Mk 48 in
various  mods (usually Mod 4). But that's about all I can say without
having to look up what's been declassified recently. The Kiwis don't
have any heavyweight anti-ship torpedos.
 
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