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Re: WWI German Torpedos
Posted by: Michael Lowrey ()
Date: November 21, 2003 03:59PM

<HTML>Tony,

The standard German torpedo of WWI was the G/6. In its submarine and destroyer/torpedo boat version, the G/6 AV, it was:

50cm in diamter (19.7 inches), 600cm in length (about 19 feet, 8 inches), an alcohol-powered salt-water pre-heater with a range of 5 nautical miles at 27 knots. The warhead weighed 160kg.

The designation K, KI, and KII were used for the submarine versions of the G/6.

A longer range paraffin/steam version of the G/6 also existed, the G/6 D. The G/7 was a longer (and even longer-ranged) of the G/6D with a larger warhead.

At time U-boats also carried older 45cm torpedoes for use in their 50cm torpedo tubes. These were used against selected merchant ship targets.

best wishes,

Michael</HTML>

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