About torpedoes incoming on WW2

[Silver_Dragon]

On MudSpike AMA interview, Wags talk about torpedoes on ships and aircrafts. For now, ED has show some AI units capable of carring torps on WW2.

 

Some info about torpedoes and procedures on WW2.

Air:

A-20G 2000lbs torpedo (Mk-13)

Ju-88 LT-2 Torpedoes

 

Ship

Type VII/41 Sub

4 Forward Torpedo tubes with 4 torpedos, 6 torpedo to reload and 1 spare torpedo.

1 Aft Torpedo tube with 1 torpedo, 1 torpedo to reload and 1 spare torpedo.

S-130 E-boat

2 torpedo tubes with 2 torpedoes and 4 torpedos to reload

 

Torpedo types

Air

LT-2 torpedo has a unguided straight-running torpedo, with a gyroscope controller

http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.com/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/t/Torpedo/Luftruder%20L%202.htm

 

Mk-13 torpedo has a unguided straight-running torpedo.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WTUS_WWII.php

 

Sub

G7a Torpedo Wet-heater Stream torpedo (bubble trail).

- Max runing distance: 12000 m (30 kn) / 7500 m (40 kn) / 5000 m (44 kn) (configurable previously launch)

- Speed pressets: 30 kn / 40 kn / 44 kn (last spped only on E-boats) (configurable previously launch)

- Mechanical gyroscope powered by pressurised air (GA VIII) with anglesetting mechanism (+/- 90 degrees from initial course after launch)

Giro angle torpedoes_

http://www.tvre.org/en/gyro-angled-torpedoes

http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Gyro_Angle

https://archive.hnsa.org/doc/firecontrol/parti.htm

 

G7a (T1) unguided straight-running torpedo, with configuragle speed and depth.

G7a (TI) Fat I Wet-heater Stream torpedo (bubble trail), unguided straight-running torpedo with a gyroscope controller and configurable speed, pattern (4 presets) and depth.

G7A (TI) LAT I Wet-heater Stream torpedo (bubble trail), unguided straight-running torpedo with a gyroscope controller and configurable speed, pattern and depth.

 

FAT configurable patterns:

http://www.tvre.org/en/torpedo-fire-control-system-and-fat-torpedoes

LAT configurable patterns:

https://translate.google.pl/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=pl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftvre.org%2Fpl%2Fsystem-kierowania-ogniem-torpedowym-a-torpedy-lut&edit-text=

 

 

G7e Electric Lead-acid batteries torpedo (no bubble trail)

G7e/T3 unguided straight-running torpedo with mechanical gyroscope powered with anglesetting mechanism

G7e/T4 Falke with acoustic homing mechanisms.

G7es (T5) "Zaunkönig"

 

Torpedo calculator:

http://www.tvre.org/en/torpedo-fire-control-system-on-german-u-boats

http://www.tvre.org/en/modifications-and-versions-of-the-type-t-vh-re-s3-calculator

 

Torpedo Theory

https://maritime.org/doc/attack/index.htm

Edited June 21, 2021 by Silver_Dragon

[Silver_Dragon]

G7e electric torpedo funtionality.

 

[rayrayblues]

Totally cool animation, where did you find this?

[Silver_Dragon]

5 minutes ago, rayrayblues said:

Totally cool animation, where did you find this?

 

Chech the youtube channel, the creator start with Victorian, PreDreagnough weapons and scale to other more moderns.

[rayrayblues]

Thanx   

[Mogster]

 

[Silver_Dragon]

German G7e torpedo with FAT (Federapparat), 1943

That show as gyro angle torpedo guiadance working and the FAT pattern system working on a G7e electric torpedo.