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Mark 24 British Mine
- Thread starter khanmak
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Fuzeman
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The Mark24 mine i believe from reading Wikipedia was in fact a torpedo also called FIDO from Wikipedea is the following information
- Diameter: 19 inches (46 cm).
- Length: 84 inches (2.13 m).
- Weight: 680 lb (308 kg).
- Warhead: 92 lb (41.7 kg) [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpex"]Torpex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Nuclear_fireball.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Stub icon" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Nuclear_fireball.jpg/35px-Nuclear_fireball.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/thumb/c/c9/Nuclear_fireball.jpg/35px-Nuclear_fireball.jpg[/ame].
- Propulsion: 5 hp (3.7 kW) electric motor driving a single propeller, powered by a 48 volt lead acid battery.
- Speed and endurance: 12 knots for 10 minutes, giving a range of about 4,000 yards (3,700 m)
- Homing system: 4 [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectric"]Piezoelectricity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:SchemaPiezo.gif" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/SchemaPiezo.gif"@@AMEPARAM@@commons/c/c4/SchemaPiezo.gif[/ame] hydrophones operating at 24 kHz and vacuum tube signal processing system with proportional steering.
- Maximum drop altitude: 200 to 300 ft (60 m to 90 m)
- Maximum aircraft launch speed: 120 knots (220 km/h).
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Mark,
This might be what you're after.
Tim
Torpedo
Mine
Mk 24DEVELOPMENT DATE:
1942 APPROXIMATE IN-SERVICE DATES:
1942-1948
Called a mine for security reasons, the Mk 24 was developed as an outgrowth of work on an underwater listening device sponsored by the Naval Defense Research Committee during World War II. This torpedo, with a small warhead, was a crippling weapon designed for "mission kill" vice "platform kill." Approximately 4000 of these aircraft-launched, passive acoustic, antisubmarine torpedoes were produced and in service during World War II and subsequent years until replaced by Torpedo Mk 34. Mine Mk 24 was developed by a group of activities including Western Electric Co., Kearney, N.J.; Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.; Harvard University Underwater Sound Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.; and General Electric Col Schenectady, N.Y. The Western Electric Co., Kearney, N.J., and General Electric Co. in Erie and Philadelphia, Pa. were the producers.
CHARACTERISTICS PHYSICAL
Length 84 inches
Diameter 19 inches
Weight 680 pounds
Propulsion Electric, secondary battery
Enabling No
Guidance Preset circle search
Homing Passive acoustic
FC Settings Mechanical
Warhead Mine Mk 24 92 pounds HBX-1
Exploder Mk 142 fuze Contact
PERFORMANCE
Speed12 knots
Range (search duration)10 minutes = 4000 yards
This might be what you're after.
Tim
Torpedo
Mine
Mk 24DEVELOPMENT DATE:
1942 APPROXIMATE IN-SERVICE DATES:
1942-1948
Called a mine for security reasons, the Mk 24 was developed as an outgrowth of work on an underwater listening device sponsored by the Naval Defense Research Committee during World War II. This torpedo, with a small warhead, was a crippling weapon designed for "mission kill" vice "platform kill." Approximately 4000 of these aircraft-launched, passive acoustic, antisubmarine torpedoes were produced and in service during World War II and subsequent years until replaced by Torpedo Mk 34. Mine Mk 24 was developed by a group of activities including Western Electric Co., Kearney, N.J.; Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J.; Harvard University Underwater Sound Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.; and General Electric Col Schenectady, N.Y. The Western Electric Co., Kearney, N.J., and General Electric Co. in Erie and Philadelphia, Pa. were the producers.
CHARACTERISTICS PHYSICAL
Length 84 inches
Diameter 19 inches
Weight 680 pounds
Propulsion Electric, secondary battery
Enabling No
Guidance Preset circle search
Homing Passive acoustic
FC Settings Mechanical
Warhead Mine Mk 24 92 pounds HBX-1
Exploder Mk 142 fuze Contact
PERFORMANCE
Speed12 knots
Range (search duration)10 minutes = 4000 yards
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