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Re: GNAT

Posted by: Natter ()

Date: August 28, 2011 05:50PM

Sniper Wrote:
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> I've heard that the Germans had a problem with
> their torps in that at the end of a run, the torp
> would sink and that water pressue would rupture
> the detonator, causing it to explode, and thus the
> warhead. Their solution was to fit a device which
> flodded the warhead at the end of the run and thus
> prevented the detonator from beign crushed. The
Never heard of this - neither the problem, and especially the solution. I don't know every detail of the T4 and T5 though, but for the other operational german WW2 torpedoes, this was certainly not the case.

Besides: You can't flood a compartment which is filled with solid explosives (even potential flooding of the small pockets of air and/or wood on top of the head - diafragma - which along with lead-ballast helped aiding in stabilizing the torpedo, would give an effect as you describe).

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GNAT	Michael	05/05/2004 03:17AM
Re: GNAT	Brian	05/05/2004 09:46PM
Re: GNAT	ROBERT M.	05/05/2004 11:39PM
Re: GNAT	Mike	05/08/2004 09:33AM
Re: GNAT	Brian	05/08/2004 02:21PM
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Re: GNAT	Sniper	06/13/2004 03:32AM
Re: GNAT	Natter	08/28/2011 05:50PM

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Natter Wrote:
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> Sniper Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> > I've heard that the Germans had a problem with
> > their torps in that at the end of a run, the
> torp
> > would sink and that water pressue would rupture
> > the detonator, causing it to explode, and thus
> the
> > warhead. Their solution was to fit a device
> which
> > flodded the warhead at the end of the run and
> thus
> > prevented the detonator from beign crushed. The
> Never heard of this - neither the problem, and
> especially the solution. I don't know every detail
> of the T4 and T5 though, but for the other
> operational german WW2 torpedoes, this was
> certainly not the case.
> 
> Besides: You can't flood a compartment which is
> filled with solid explosives (even potential
> flooding of the small pockets of air and/or wood
> on top of the head - diafragma - which along with
> lead-ballast helped aiding in stabilizing the
> torpedo, would give an effect as you describe).