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Re: Allied Foxer
Posted by: Jeff Herne ()
Date: September 19, 2002 12:52PM

Foxer was a towed noise-making array that operated on the same frequency as the noises from the escort's screws, only louder. It was premised that the acoustic torpedos would home in on the array instead of the screws.

They were disliked, hampered operations, and limited the escort to 15 knots.

According to Padfield, escort crews could fool the torpedos by aggressively changing the revolutions of the screws, effectively changing the frequency and confusing the torpedo.

That's my story and I'm stickin to it!

JH

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Allied Foxer Tony Smith 09/19/2002 12:16PM
Re: Allied Foxer Jeff Herne 09/19/2002 12:52PM
Re: Allied Foxer Ken Dunn 09/19/2002 10:04PM
Re: Allied Foxer Sniper 09/22/2002 04:31PM
Re: Allied Foxer Christopher Tarana 09/24/2002 01:18AM
Re: Allied Foxer Ron Curtis 10/24/2002 08:46PM


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