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Re: Torpedo and torpedo tube dimensions
Posted by:
Natter
()
Date: August 28, 2011 03:56PM
Ken Dunn Wrote:
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> Most of what I have found indicates that the
> portion of the pistol (detonator) protruding from
> the nose of the torpedo on most German torpedoes
> was not included in the published figures for the
> length of the torpedo. If that is true then that
> length has to be accounted for in the torpedo tube
> length as well.
This is an old thread obviously, but just to make it clear:
The lenght of a G7a with warhead and Pi 1/ Pi 3 pistol was 7163mm from the end of the tail to the tip of the safetyimpeller of the pistol (ref. the "G7a Zeichnungen, Tafel 1).
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> Most of what I have found indicates that the
> portion of the pistol (detonator) protruding from
> the nose of the torpedo on most German torpedoes
> was not included in the published figures for the
> length of the torpedo. If that is true then that
> length has to be accounted for in the torpedo tube
> length as well.
This is an old thread obviously, but just to make it clear:
The lenght of a G7a with warhead and Pi 1/ Pi 3 pistol was 7163mm from the end of the tail to the tip of the safetyimpeller of the pistol (ref. the "G7a Zeichnungen, Tafel 1).
