French Torpedo M1926

[Dreamk]

Could someone post a drawing of the French 400mm Torpedoes M1926 V and M1926 DA and their fuzes? Thanks!

 

[Dronic69]

The only reference I have refers to the French M1926 400mm as a "Model W" (see attachment).

Unfortunately I have no diagrams of either the torpedo nor its fuze...............

If you happen to find some please post.

Thanks

Cheers
Drew

 

[stecol]

From John Campbell's "Naval Weapons of WWII"



and from Antoni Komorwski's "Torpeda Francuska kal. 550 mm wz. 24 V"



Regards
stecol

 

[Dreamk]

Thanks a lot! Operational reports indicate the V model was looked as one of the best of its times, but the air-carried DA version had a very unpleasant idiosyncrazy - a tendency to spontaneously detonate while in flight, leading pilots to fly with the fuze fully secured, even in war time!!!