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Type
  
Antisubmarine torpedo

In service
  
1951–57

Place of origin
  
United States

Designed
  
1950

Mark 43 torpedo

Used by
  
United States NavyRoyal Navy

Designer
  
Brush Development CompanyNaval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena

The 10" Mark 43 torpedo was the first and smallest of the United States Navy light-weight anti-submarine torpedoes. This electrically propelled 10-inch (25-cm) torpedo was 92 inches (2.3 m) long and weighed 265 pounds (120 kg). Described as "a submersible guided missile", the torpedo was designed for air or surface launch. The Mod 0 configuration was designed for launch from helicopters or fixed-wing aircraft, and the Mod 1 configuration was for helicopters only. Both were electrically driven and deep-diving, but had relatively short range. They were classified as obsolete in the 1960s.

The Royal Navy purchased fifty examples of the Mark 43 in favour of an improved version of their 18 inch Mark 30 "Dealer B"

References

Mark 43 torpedo Wikipedia


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