A244-S
Encyclopedia
The A244-s is a lightweight, fire-and-forget torpedo
employed for anti-submarine warfare
. They can be deployed from the surface or by aircraft, and locate the target by means of an acoustic seeker. The torpedo uses a CIACIO-S seeker consists of an acoustic homing head containing the transducer assembly, transmitter and related beam forming circuits, and a frame housing all the remaining electronic components. The homing head is capable of active, passive or mixed modes for closing onto its target. It can also discriminate between decoys and real targets in the presence of heavy reverberations by specially emitted pulses and signal processing. The latest version is the A244/s mod.3 torpedo. The A244/s are manufactured by the French/Italian EuroTorp
consortium.
Torpedo
The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...
employed for anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....
. They can be deployed from the surface or by aircraft, and locate the target by means of an acoustic seeker. The torpedo uses a CIACIO-S seeker consists of an acoustic homing head containing the transducer assembly, transmitter and related beam forming circuits, and a frame housing all the remaining electronic components. The homing head is capable of active, passive or mixed modes for closing onto its target. It can also discriminate between decoys and real targets in the presence of heavy reverberations by specially emitted pulses and signal processing. The latest version is the A244/s mod.3 torpedo. The A244/s are manufactured by the French/Italian EuroTorp
EuroTorp
GEIE EuroTorp is a consortium formed in July 1993 by French and Italian defense companies. Concerned governments signed a memorandum of understanding on industrial co-operation on their new generation lightweight torpedo programs....
consortium.
General characteristics
- Length: 2.8 m
- Diameter: 0.324 m
- Maximum Mass: 244 kg
- Cruise/Top speed: 30/39 kts [16/20 m/s]
- Depth: 600 m
- Maximum Range: 6 km for Mod. 1, 13.5 km for Mod. 3